 God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves...  Poems - Strana 31autor/autoři: William Cowper - 1802Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 str.
...own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced. God made the country, and man made the town,...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 str.
...Excarsion, p. 63. BOOK i.] THE TASK. 181 Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorced. God made the country, and...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten'd in... | |
 | 1849 - 442 str.
...condition and solid independence of a country life, we are tempted to exclaim with Cowper — " God made the country, and man made the town — What wonder...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That lite holds out to all, should most abound, And least be threatened in... | |
 | Herbert Byng Hall - 1849 - 492 str.
...clearly distinguished. When looking on such scenes, we may well exclaim — " God made the country, man made the town, What wonder, then, that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should meet entwined, And least be threatened... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 str.
...customs of her own till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorced. God made the country, and...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1850 - 688 str.
...feeling, they will seemingly grow poor out of spite to him for not giving them enough to eat. God made the country, and man made the town; What wonder, then,...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound, And least be threaten'd in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 str.
...customs of her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespccted forms, And knees and hassocks P' , 8' , gift* That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 str.
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divoreed. God made the country, and man made the town What wonder then...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in... | |
 | 1851 - 496 str.
...than all the gloss of art. WILLIAM COWPER. BOKN, 1731; DIED, 1800. TOWN AND COUNTRY LITE. GOD made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then...that health and virtue — gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all — should most abound, And least be threatened,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 522 str.
...own, till fabbath rites Have dwindled into unrefpected forms, And knees and haflbcks are well nigh divorced. God made the country, and man made the town....fweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, mould moft abound And leaft be threaten'd in the fields and groves ? PofTefs ye, therefore, ye who,... | |
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