| James Thomson - 1816 - 256 pages
...Sure peace is his ; a solid life, estrang'd To disappointment, and fallacious hope : Rich in content, in nature's bounty rich, In herbs and fruits ; whatever greens the Spring, When heaven descends in showers ; or hends the bough When Summer reddens, and when Autumn beams ; Or in the wintry glebe whatever... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1817 - 290 pages
...Sure peace is his,; a solid life estrang'd To disappointment, and fallacious hope : Rich in content, in nature's .bounty rich, In herbs and fruits ; whatever greens the spring, "When heaven descends in showers ; or bends the bough When summer reddens, and when autumn beams; Or in the wintry ¿lebe whatever... | |
| Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 520 pages
...dives opum variarum" of Virgil expanded by Thomson into these beautiful lines:— " Rich in content, in nature's bounty rich, In herbs and fruits ; whatever...or bends the bough, When Summer reddens, and when Antumn beams." And it will not, I think, be denied by any reader of taste, that these lines of the... | |
| William Upcott - 1818 - 740 pages
...Board of Agriculture and internal Improvement. By W. PITT, formerly of Pendeford, now of Birmingham. " In nature's bounty rich, In herbs, and fruits, whatever greens the spring, When Heaven descends in showers, or bends the bough, When summer reddens, and when autumn beams, Or bleating mountains, or... | |
| James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - Laziness - 1818 - 316 pages
...Sure peace is his ; a solid life, estrang'd To disappointment, and fallacious hope : Rich in content, in Nature's bounty rich, In herbs and fruits ; whatever greens the Spring, When heav'n descends in showr's ; orbends the bough, When Summer reddens, and when Autumn beami; Or in the... | |
| William Upcott - Bibliotheca topographica britannica - 1818 - 516 pages
...Board of Agriculture and internal Improvement. By W. PITT, formerly of Pendeford, now of Birmingham. " In nature's bounty rich, In herbs, and fruits, whatever greens the spring, \V lieu Heaven descends in showers, pr bends the bough, When summer reddens, and when autumn beams,... | |
| Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...-Sure peace is hw; a sdid life estrang'd To disappointment, and fallacious hope ; Rich in content, in nature's bounty rich, In herbs and fruits ; whatever greens the spring, "When heaven descends in showers ; or bends the bough "When summer reddens, and when autumn beams ;. Or in the wintry glebe... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...nature-s bounty rich, In herbs and fruits ; whatever greens the spring, When heav'n descends in sliow'rs ; or bends the bough When summer reddens, and when autumn beams : Or in the wintry glebe whatever lies Concenl'd and fattens with the richest sip ; 231 The English Render. fart £. These ue not wanting... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...Nature's bounty rich, In herbs and fruits ; whatever greens the Spring, When Heaven descends in showers; or bends the bough, When Summer reddens, and when Autumn beams; Or in the wintry glebe whatever lies CouceaFd, and fattens with the richest sap: These are not wanting; nor the milky drove, Luxuriant,... | |
| Classical poetry - 1822 - 278 pages
...Sure peace is his, a solid life, estranged To disappointment, and fallacious hope : Rich in content, in Nature's bounty rich, In herbs and fruits ; whatever greens the Spring, When Heaven descends in showers; or bends the bough, When Summer reddens, and when Autumn beams ; Or in the wintry glebe whatever... | |
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