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" The smooth-leav'd beeches in the field receive him, With coolest shade, till noon-tide's heat be spent. His life is neither tost in boisterous seas, Or the vexatious world, or lost in slothful ease; Pleas'd and full blest he lives, when he his God can... "
Historical Sketches of the Angling Literature of All Nations - Page 120
by Robert Blakey - 1856 - 335 pages
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Old English ballads, favourite ballads of the olden time

English ballads - 1864 - 296 pages
...country plays is all the strife he uses; Or sing, or dance unto the rural Muses; His certain life, that never can deceive him, Is full of thousand sweets, and rich content: The smooth-leaved beeches in the field receive him With coolest shades, till noon-tide rage is spent; His...
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The World's Way: Lays of Life and Labour

American poetry - 1864 - 334 pages
...dance unto the rural Muses ; And but in music's sports all difference refuses. His certain life, that never can deceive him, Is full of thousand sweets and rich content : His life is neither toss'd in boisterous seas Of troublous world, nor lost in slothful ease : Pleased...
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John Halifax, Gentleman

Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - English fiction - 1864 - 502 pages
...the field receive him With coolest shades till noon-tide's rage is spent; "' His certain life, that never can deceive him, Is full of thousand sweets and rich content; His life is neither tost on boisterous seas Of troublous worlds, nor lost in slothful ease. Pleased...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...preveoU lu wltb. lee U In tt* •election! tnm Wai 196 FLETCHER. [iNTERREQM M. His certiiin life, that never can deceive him, Is full of thousand sweets and rich content: The smooth-leaved beeches in the field receive him With coolest shades, till noontide's rage is spent:...
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The Complete Angler: Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation, of Izaak Walton ...

Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1867 - 490 pages
...life, that never can deceive him, Is full of thousand sweets, and rich content ; The smooth -leaved beeches in the field receive him With coolest shade, till noontide's heat be spent : ' ' *- '-jtfv-'ji.-x.'^'j^-.l:. • . His life is neither tossed in boisterous seas, Or the vexatious...
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Rural Studies: With Hints for Country Places

Donald Grant Mitchell - Technology & Engineering - 1867 - 326 pages
...wants his middle fortune bite, But sweet content exiles both misery and spite. His certain life, that never can deceive him, Is full of thousand sweets, and rich content ; The smooth-leaved beeches in the field receive him With coolest shade, till noontide's heat be spent :...
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The Book of Elegant Extracts

Book - English literature - 1868 - 168 pages
...dance unto the rural muses ; And but in music's sports all difference refuses. His certain life, that never can deceive him, Is full of thousand sweets, and rich content : The smooth-leaved beeches in the field receive him With coolest shades, till noontide rage is spent; His...
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The Poems of Phineas Fletcher

Phineas Fletcher - 1869 - 892 pages
...unto the rurall Muses ; And but in musick's sports, all differences refuses. 5. His certain life, that never can deceive him, Is full of thousand sweets,...smooth-leav'd beeches in the field receive him With coolest shades, till noon-tide rage is spent : His life is neither tost in bois'trous seas Of troublous world,...
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Favourite English poems and poets

English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...dance unto the rural Muses ; And but in music's sports all difference refuses. His certain life, that never can deceive him, Is full of thousand sweets, and rich content : The smooth-leaved beeches in the field receive him With coolest shades, till noon-tide rage is spent :...
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The Complete Angler: Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a ...

Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1875 - 672 pages
...exiles both misery ;md spite. His Certain life, that never can deceive him, Is full of thousand sheets, and rich content ; The smooth-leav'd beeches in the...noontide's heat be spent. His life is neither tost in boisterous seas, Or the vexatious world, or lost in slothful ease ; Pleas'd and full blest he lives,...
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