 WHAT is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as a wife, When friendship, love, and peace combine To stamp the marriage-bond divine ? The stream of pure and genuine love Derives its current from above ; And earth a second Eden shows, Where'er the...  The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 208by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 442 pages
...I tempest toss'd, and wreck'd at last» Come home to port no more. LOVE APPENDIX. LOVE ABUSED. WHAT is there in the vale of life, Half so delightful as...ah, if from the dykes and drains Of sensual nature's fev'rish veins, Lust, like a lawless headstrong flood, Impregnated with ooze and mud, . Descending... | |
 | William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 450 pages
...life, Half so delightful as a Wife, When friendship, love, and peace combine To stamp the marriage bond divine ? The stream of pure and genuine love Derives...ah, if from the dykes and drains Of sensual nature's fev'rish veins, Lust like a lawless headstrong flood, Impregnated with ooze and mud, Descending fast... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 456 pages
...peaceful shore ; I tempest toss'd, and wreck'd at last, Come home to port no more. LOVE LOVE ABUSED. "WHAT is there in the vale of life, Half so delightful as...When friendship, love, and peace combine To stamp the marriage bond divine ? The stream of pure and genuine love Derives its current from above ; And earth,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1803 - 330 pages
...as a wife, When friendftup, love, and peace combine To flamp the marriage bond divine ? The ftream of pure and genuine love Derives its current from above ; And earth, a fecond Eden fho'ws, Where'er the healing water flows : But ah, if from the dykes and drains Of fenfual... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pages
...peaceful shore ; I tempest-toss'd, and wreck'd at last, Come home to port no more. 282 LOVE ABUSED. \YHAT is there in the vale of life, Half so delightful as...ah, if from the dykes and drains Of sensual nature's fev'rish veins, Lust, like a lawless headstrong flood, Impregnated with ooze and mud, Descending fast... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...peaceful shore ; I, tempest tossed, and wrecked at last, Come home to port no more. LOVE ABUSED. WHAT is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as...current from above ; And earth a second Eden shows WhereVer the healing water flows : But ah, if from the dykes and drains Of sensual nature's feverish... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1807 - 428 pages
...a wife, When friendfliip, love, and peace combine, To ftamp the marriage bjnd divine? > The ftream of. pure and genuine love Derives its Current from above; And earth a fecond Eden (hows, Where'er the hewing water- flows : But, ah ! if from the dikes and drains Of frnfual... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...tempest toss'd, and wreck'd at last,. Come home to port no more. LOVE ABUSED. WHAT is there in the vafc of life, Half so delightful as a wife, When friendship, love, and peace combine. To stamp the marriage bond divine ? The stream of pure and genuine love Derives its current from above ; And earth... | |
 | William Cowper - 1809 - 472 pages
...peaceful shore ; I tempest-toss'd, and wreck'd at last, -Come home to port no more. LOVE ABUSED. \VHAT is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as...its current from above ; And earth, a second Eden shews, Where'er the healing water flows : But ah, if from the dykes and drains Of sensual nature's... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 312 pages
...; I, tempest toss'd, and wreck'd at last. Come home to port no more. LOVE ABUSED. WHAT is there ki the vale of life, Half so delightful as a wife, When friendship, love, and peace combine To stamp the marriage bond divine ? The stream of pure and genuine love Derives its current from above ; And earth... | |
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