 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...  Virgil's Aeneid - Page 7by Virgil - 1884 - 319 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1826 - 434 pages
...amnes, • Flomina amem sylvasque inglorius. Vino. Georg. ii. 485. My next desire is, void of care and strife, , To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life,...crystal flood, A winding valley, and a lofty wood. — DKYBEM. PASTORAL poetry not only amuses the fancy the most delightfully, but is likewise more indebted... | |
 | J. Coad - Fishing - 1826 - 264 pages
...worse fools admire; But my desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, and guiltless life— A country cottage, near a crystal flood, A winding valley and a lofty wood." " In such a scene, kind fortune lay me down, Far from the noise and follies of the town." How few are... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...inexorabile fatum Subjecit pedibus, strepitumque Acherontis avari. Vino. Georg. ii. 492. Happy the man, His mind possessing in a quiet state, Fearless of fortune, and resigned to fate. Steele. MCCXVII. The modern world considers it as a part of politeness, to drop the mention of kindred... | |
 | 1831 - 704 pages
...Georg, ii. 485. My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lend n eon, secure, inglorious life: Л ra. home unedificd, and troubled in mind. I dipt into the Lamentations, a Dryden. Grecian Coffee-house, Nnccmler2. I RAVE received this short epistle from an unknown hand. 4... | |
 | J. Coad - Fishing - 1832 - 334 pages
...worse fools admire; But my desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, and guiltless life— A country cottage, near a crystal flood, A winding valley and a lofty wood." " In such a scene, kind fortune lay me down, Far from the noise and follies of the town." How few are... | |
 | George Monkland - Dorset (England) - 1833 - 74 pages
...A\N)P» B©R8iTg . ADDRESSED TO MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, Nil ego contulerim jicundo sanus ainico. Horace. A country cottage near a crystal flood, A winding valley, and a lofty wood. Dryden's Virgil, Getrgics, Book 2nd. Lakes, forests, cities, plains extending wide, The pomp of Kings,... | |
 | Diet - 1835 - 240 pages
...bowels. Like other concentrated forms of aliment, it is improperly used as food. VEGETABLE FOOD. " Happy the man, who, studying nature's laws, Through known effects can trace the secret cause : He feeds on fruits, which, of their own accord, The willing ground and laden trees afford : Simple... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - English literature - 1836 - 488 pages
...the height Of nature, and unclouded fields of light—- My next desire is, void of care and stife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life — A country...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... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1837 - 252 pages
...amnes, Flumina ашет sylvasque inglorius Virg. Georg, ii. 485. My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life, 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 Chetwode Eustace - 1837 - 480 pages
...streamlet of the Mincius above the full and majestic Danube. 1 My next desire is, void of care and strife, To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life. A country cottage near a chryslal flood, A winding valley, and a lofty wood* Dryden. * I love the rural inead, , , The brook,... | |
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