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" 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 the fields and groves? "
Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ... - Page 40
by William Cowper - 1795
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...customs of her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and...that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter dranght, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten'd in...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1810 - 404 pages
...customs of her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd. 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...
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The Task: A Poem. In Six Books

William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into uninspected forms, And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorc'd. 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 threaten'd in...
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The Task: A Poem in Six Books

William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocs are well nigh divorc'd. 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 threaten'd in...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...customs of her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and...that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the hitter draught, That life holds out to all, should must abound And least be threaten'd in...
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The Female Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse: Selected ...

Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake. Gud 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,...
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The Task

William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 248 pages
...customs of her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd. 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...
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The Art of Reading: Containing a Number of Useful Rules, Exemplified by a ...

Daniel Staniford - Elocution - 1817 - 256 pages
...thebeami Of warm encouragement, and in the eye Of public note, they reach their perfect size. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then,...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bi:ter draught That life holds out ro all,- should most abound And least be threaten d in...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1819 - 306 pages
...customs of her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into uinnspected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then 'hat health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught Tlmtlife holds out to all,...
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Poems of William Cowper, Esq: With a New Memoir

William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassacks are well-nigh divorc'i. 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...
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