 Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts...  Essays and Lectures: Historical and Literary - Page 298by James Whiteside - 1868 - 478 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...bliss his scanty funds supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which ÷] ? ? sw;~ .q m } 5 iܩ _} & 쥛m ?... N - ъ ~X l n ˂; \ >d $'~ = Fè 3 ] ; m Such are the charms to barren states assign'd ; Their wants but few, their wishes all confined. Yet... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...bliss his scanty fund supplies : Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child, when scaring...whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more. Such are the charms to barren states assign'd ; Their wants but few, their wishes all confin'd. Yet... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud toirent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more. CHARACTER OF THE FRENCH. To kindet skies, where gentler manners reign, I turn ; and France displays... | |
 | 1836 - 726 pages
...shed, to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill, which lifts him to the storms ; And, as a babe, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer...and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountain's more." New year's morning ! — Frost harder and harder. " Nimrod," said my host, " let... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pages
...is that shed, to which his soul conforms ; And dear that hill, which lifts him to the storms ; 177 And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings...whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more. 181 FRANCE. To kinder skies, where gentler manners reign, [main. I turn— and Franco displays her... | |
 | Mary Brunton - 1832 - 500 pages
...shed to which his soul conforms ; And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms. And as a babe, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer...whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more. GOLDSMITH. DURING our first day's journey, the road lay through a country so rich and so level, that... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1832 - 1028 pages
...acquired a competency, to his sublime, but unproductive mountains. ' Ami as a child, when scaring sound? molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast;...roar But bind him to his native mountains more.* The Swiss have a quiet temperament, and mediocrity of genius. The country lias produced few men distinguished... | |
 | 1832 - 564 pages
...Dear is that shed to which his hopes conform, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storm, While the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more.' " Sir, iti the name of my country, I demand this as a right ; I shall be grateful to accept it as a... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1833 - 270 pages
...lifts him to the storms ; And as a child whom scaring sounds molest Clings close and closer to his mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's...roar, But bind him to his native mountains more." What is here said of the Swiss eminently applies to the Greenland character, as it will be exhibited... | |
 | 1833 - 444 pages
...desolate emblems of winter, than the beauty and verdure which surrounded him in a distant nation. E'en the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more. Hi» thoughts turn to the valued friends he hai left behind him, and conscious of the melancholy reality... | |
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