| British essayists - 1802 - 380 pages
...VIRG. Georg. ii. 485. My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life, A country cottage near a crystal flood, . A winding valley, and a lofty wood. DKYDLX PASTORAL poetry, not only amuses the fancy the most delightfully, but is likewise more indebted... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 348 pages
...Vino. Georg. ii. 48S. " My next desire is, void of care and strife, To U'ad a soft, secure, inglorious life : A country cottage near a crystal flood, A winding valley, and a lofty wood." DRYDF.N. Grecian Co/ee-ltouse, November 2. I HAVE received this short epistle from an unknown hand.... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 504 pages
...fields of light — j My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life — A country cottage near a crystal flood, A winding valley, and a lofty wood. Some god conduct me to the sacred shades, Where Bacchanals are sung by Spartan maids, Or lift me high... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 484 pages
...fields of light — My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life— A country cottage near a crystal flood, A winding valley, and a lofty wood. Some god conduct me to the sacred shades, Where Bacchanals are sung by Spartan maids, Or lift me high... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 790 pages
...unclouded fields of light ; My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life : A country cottage near a crystal flood, A winding valley, and a lofty wood. Some god conduct me to the sacred shade*, Where bacchanals are sung by Spartan maidi. Or lift me high... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 340 pages
...VlRG. Georg. ii. 485. " My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life . A country cottage near a crystal flood, A winding valley, and a lofty wood." DRYDEN. Grecian Coffee-house, November 2. I HAVE received this short epistle from an unknown hand.... | |
| Publius Vergilius Maro - 1819 - 520 pages
...than translated Virgil : My next desire is, void of care and strife To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life. A country cottage near a crystal flood, A winding valley and a lofty wood. Some god conduct me to the sacred shades. Where Bacchanals are sung by Spartan maids. Or lift me high... | |
| Virgil - 1819 - 488 pages
...fields of light — My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life — A country cottage near a crystal flood, A winding valley, and a lofty wood. Some god conduct me to the sacred shades, Where Bacchanals are sung by Spartan maids, Or lift me high... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 366 pages
...VIRG. Georg. ii. 485. My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life, A country cottage near a crystal flood, A winding valley, and a lofty wood. DRYDEN. PASTORAL poetry, not only amuses the fancy the most delightfully, but is likewise more indebted... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 502 pages
...fields of light — My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life — A country cottage near a crystal flood, A winding valley, and a lofty wood. Some God conduct me to the sacred shades, Where Bacchanals are sung by Spartan maids, Or lift me high... | |
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