 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 310 pages
...into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced. God made the country , arid man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts VOL. II. D That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...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 threaten'd in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd. 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... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...The dash of ocean on his winding shore, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind. Hid. 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... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1825 - 248 pages
...customs of'her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are wellnigh divorced. God made the country, and man...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 - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts 750 That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks arc well-nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts 750 That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, should most abound And... | |
 | Anthologies - 1827 - 290 pages
...when she paints thee thus. -^— ' Doing good, Disinterested good, is not our trade. p. 53. 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd. 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... | |
 | 1828 - 32 pages
...of his wife. One day as he was reading aloud to his family, that fine passage in Cowper, " God made the country and man made the town ; What wonder, then, that health and virtue, gifts, Which can alone make sweet the bitter cup, Which life holds out to all, should most abound, And least... | |
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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 threatened in the fields and groves... 
