 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...state, Is pleas'd with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith,...view ; And occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the World. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not ; He seeks not... | |
 | 1846 - 486 pages
...choice ; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue ; and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for liappiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home." CowPER. Such a man is Farmer Brown ; and I should like to see many more such pass along the high-road... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...pleas'd with it, and were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruu Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare...view; And, occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them n01; He seeks not hers,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 pages
...state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith,...view ; And, occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely, he o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not ; He seeks not... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 pages
...Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice; whom peace, thfruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare...Below the skies, but having there his home. The world o'erkwks him in her busy search Of objects, more illustrious in her view ; 80l • THE TASK. And, occupied... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 pages
...Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, [fruit Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed...his home. The world o'erlooks him in her busy search 915 Of objects more illustrious in her view ; And occupied as earnestly as she, Though more sublimely,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 434 pages
...pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice ; whom peare, the fruit 0f virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for...must, Below the skies, but having there his home. COWPKB. POUR forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For... | |
 | 1850 - 790 pages
...Is pleased with it; and, were ho free to choose, Would make his fate hie choice ; whoffl peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith,...Below the skies, but having there his home. The world o' crlooks. him in her busy search PAPERS ON BOTANY. 03 Of objects more illustrious in her view ; And,... | |
 | Edward Farr - 1850 - 346 pages
...state, Is pleas'd with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith,...for happiness : bespeak him one, Content indeed to fojourn while he must Below the skies, but having TUERK his home." — COWPER. At this period, the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice ; whom peace, tho 6 < i½vG 7/ k" V~ Fb 8PHX N nv☳:L e T GQ 9K d ? ,... t1EBV7zz 7 cI$ؕ 䈘 J XĒ my! * ݽs f_A sublimely, ho o'erlooks the world. She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not ; He seeks not... | |
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He is the happy man whose life e'en now Shows somewhat of that happier life to come ; Who, doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom... 
