 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 - Page 29by William Cowper - 1808Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1842 - 166 pages
...all authority in modes 745 And customs of her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd....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 - 1842 - 162 pages
...all authority in modes 745 And customs of her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespecttd forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorc'd....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 Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 pages
...gaiety that tills the bones with pain, The mouth with blasphemy, the heart with wo. TOWN LIFE. GOD made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...customs of her own, till sabbath rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassaeks are well-nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and...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... | |
 | Elizabeth Caroline Grey - 1846 - 1042 pages
...proceeded on my journey, how often was I ready to exclaim with my favourite English poet, " God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then,...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... | |
 | Agriculture - 1846 - 392 pages
...they would not have exchange*! for any othei station however exalted. They truly felt that " God made the country and man made the town. What wonder then...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...rites Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced. God made the country, and man made the town, What wonder then...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... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1849 - 740 pages
...TASK. 181 Have dwindled into unrespected forms, And knees and hassocks are well-nigh divorced. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then,*...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... | |
 | American literature - 1849 - 442 pages
...condition and solid independence of a country life, we are tempted to exclaim with Cowper — " God made the country, and man made the town — What wonder...health and virtue, gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That lite holds out to all, should most abound, And least be threatened in the fields... | |
 | Herbert Byng Hall - Exmoor (England) - 1849 - 492 pages
...clearly distinguished. When looking on such scenes, we may well exclaim — " God made the country, 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 meet entwined, And least be threatened in the fields... | |
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