 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pągines
...rites Have dwindled into unrefpected forms, And knees and haflbcks are well-nigh divorced, God made the country, and man made the town, What wonder then,...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make fweet the bitter draught That life holds out to al!, fhould moft abound And leaft be threatened in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pągines
...rites Have dwindled into un»efpe6ted forms, And knees and haflbcks are well-nigh divorced. God made the country, and man made the town ; What wonder then,...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make fweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, mould moft abound And lead be threaten'd in the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pągines
...rites Have dwindled into unrefpe&ed forms, And knees and haflbcks are well-nigh divorced. God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then,...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make fweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, mould moft abound And leaft be threatened in the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pągines
...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,...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make fweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, fhould moft abound And leaft be threaten'd in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pągines
...rites Have dwindled .into unrefpecled forms, And knees and haflbcks are well-nigh divorced* God made the country, and man made the town : What wonder then,...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make fweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, fhould moft abound And leaft be threaten'd in... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pągines
...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 384 pągines
...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...that health 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pągines
...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...fields and groves ? Possess ye, therefore, ye, who, born about In chariots and sedans, know no fatigue But that of idleness, and taste no scenes But such... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 364 pągines
...rites Have dwindled into unrefpected forms, And knees and hallocks are well-nigh divorc'd* God made the country, and man made the town* 'What wonder then...that health and virtue, gifts That can alone make fweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all, mould moft abound And leaft be threaten'd in the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pągines
...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...holds out to all, should most abound And least be thrcaten'd in the fields and groves? Possess ye, therefore, ye, who, born about In chariots and sedans,... | |
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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 threaten'd in the fields and groves... 
