 WHAT is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as a wife, When friendship, love, and peace combine To stamp the marriage-bond divine ? The stream of pure and genuine love Derives its current from above ; And earth a second Eden shows, Where'er the...  The British poets, including translations - Page 208by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1866 - 720 pages
...peaceful shore ; I, tempcst-toss'd and wrcck'd at last, Come home to port no more. LOVE ABUSED. WHAT is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as...Where'er the healing water flows : But ah, if from the dikes and drains Of sensual nature's fev'rish veins, Lust, like a lawless headstrong flood, Impregnated... | |
 | 1879 - 612 pages
...secure a husband, and the aim of every man ought to be to secure a wife ; for, as Cowper says, ' What is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as...When friendship, love, and peace combine To stamp the marriage bond divine? The stream of pure and genuine love Derives its current from above ; And earth... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...To lash our crimes, but must our wives be wise P What is there in the vale of life Young, LF sat. 5. Half so delightful as a wife, When friendship, love, and peace combine To stamp the marriage bond divine P Coioper, Love AJ*aedLord Erskine, on woman presuming to rail, Calls a wife "... | |
 | Book - 1868 - 284 pages
...wishes for my health and happiness and that of my wife. " What is there in the vale of life Half BO delightful as a wife, When friendship, love, and peace combine To stamp the marriage-bond divine ?' Ladies and gentlemen, you will, I feel, pardon me for iny lack of oratorical power on this day —... | |
 | Charles Hindley - 1869 - 216 pages
...you sincerely — for your good and kind wishes for my health and happiness and that of my wife. What is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as...and peace combine To stamp the marriage-bond divine ! Ladies and gentlemen, you will, I feel, pardon me for my lack of oratorical power on this day. Many... | |
 | Madeline Leslie - 1869 - 426 pages
...how you behave now, for I have a champion as well as you." CHAPTER XXVIII. " What ls there in th« vale of life Half so delightful as a wife; When friendship, love and peace combine To stamp the marriage bond divine ? " Cowria. Wednesday, November 4th. EMILY was married this morning, and has gone... | |
 | William Cowper - 1870 - 574 pages
...shore ; I, tempest-toss'd, and wreck'd at last, Come home to port no more. Oct. 1780. LOVE ABUSED. WHAT is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as...and peace combine To stamp the marriage-bond divine 1 The stream of pure and genuine love Derives its current from above ; And earth a second Eden shows,... | |
 | William Logan - 1871 - 264 pages
...above ; And earth a second Eden shows, Where'er the healing water flows : But ah, if from the dikes and drains Of sensual nature's feverish veins, Lust, like a lawless headstrong floo.l, Impregnated with ooze and mud, Descending fast on every side Once mingles with the sacred tide,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1872 - 290 pages
...their aim ; Peace, both the duty and the prize Of him that creeps and him that flies. LOVE ABUSED. WHAT is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as...Where'er the healing water flows : But ah, if from the dikes and drains Of sensual nature's fev'rish veins, Lust, like a lawless headstrong flood, Impregnated... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1873 - 448 pages
...breast, one minute's more Than a long thousand years of vulgar hours. Otway. MARRIAGE A SECOND EDEN. What is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as...second Eden shows, Where'er the healing water flows. Cowper. ANSWERING LIP WITH LIP. Beautiful, eager, triumphant, he leapt back again to his treasure ;... | |
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