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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... "
The Task: A Poem. In Six Books. To which is Added, Tirocinium: Or, A Review ... - Page 27
by William Cowper - 1787 - 186 pages
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...cent'ring all authority in modes And cuftoms of her own, till fabbath rites Have dwindled into unrefpected forms, And knees and haflbcks are well-nigh divorced,...make fweet the bitter draught That life holds out to al!, fhould moft abound And leaft be threatened in the fields and groves ? Pofiefs ye therefore, ye...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pages
...all authority in modes , > And cuftoms of her own, till fabbath rites Have dwindled into un»efpe6ted forms, And knees and haflbcks are well-nigh divorced....That life holds out to all, mould moft abound And lead be threaten'd in the fields and groves ? Poffefs ye therefore," ye who borne about In chariots...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...rites Have dwindled into unrefpeded forms, And knees and haflbcks are well-nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and man made the town : What wonder then,...fweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, fhould moft abound And leaft be threaten'd in the fields and groves ? Pofiefs ye therefore, ye who,...
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Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...

William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...cent'ring all authority in modes And cuftoms of her own, till fabbath rites Have dwindled .into unrefpecled forms, And knees and haflbcks are well-nigh divorced*...fweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, fhould moft abound And leaft be threaten'd in the fields and groves ? Poflefs ye therefore, ye who...
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...ritts Have dwindled into unrefpefled forms, And knees and halfocks are well nigh-divorc'd. God God made the country ,and man made the town What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts T hat can alone make fwcct the bitter draught That life holds out to all, mould mod abound, And lead...
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Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...

William Cowper - 1793 - 384 pages
...rites D 4 Have dwindled into unrefpected forms, And knees and haffocs are well-nigh divorc'd. /God made the country, and man made the town. ) What wonder...and virtue, gifts ' That can alone make fweet the bktef draught That life holds out to all, fhould moft abound And leaft be threaten'd in the fields...
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Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...

William Cowper - 1795 - 410 pages
...rites D 4 Have dwindled into unrefpe&ed forms, And knees and hafibcs are well-nigh divorc'd. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then...fweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, fhould moft abound And leaft be threaten'd in the fields and groves ? Pofiefs ye, therefore, ye, who,...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...forms, f^ *n~~.™~.v*f*f^~~n****"" " M" ^.ftdtarfees aricThassoct'are wetir*aigh divee&UU 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...
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Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and ...

William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...her day had pow'r to be, For whom God heard his Abr'am plead in vain. RURAL LIFE PREFERRED. CrOD 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 thrcaten'd in...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1802 - 364 pages
...cuftoms of her own, till fabbath rites Have dwindled into unrefpeeted forms, And knees and haffocks are well-nigh divorced. God made the country, and...fweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all , fhould moft abound And leaft be threatened in the fields and groves? Poffefs ye therefore, ye who,...
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