 Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? Where grows? where grows it not ? if vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil.  Essai sur l'homme - Page 82de Alexander Pope - 1762 - 116 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Alexander Pope - 1873 - 590 pages
...not the soil: Fix'd to no spot is Happiness sincere1, 15 'Tis nowhere to be found, or ev'rywhere ; Tis never to be bought, but always free, And fled...Learn'd the way? The Learn'd are .blind; 'This bids to serve, .and that to shun mankind; 20 .Some place the bliss in action2, some in ease, Those call... | |
 | English poetry - 1873 - 390 pages
...: Fix'd to no spot is Happiness sincere, 'Tis no where to be found, or every where : "Tis no where to be bought, but always free, And, fled from monarchs,...learn'd the way ? the learn'd are blind ; This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind : Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it pleasure,... | |
 | Charles John Plumptre - 1876 - 418 pages
...toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil; Fix'd to no spot is happiness sincere, 'Tis nowhere to be found, or ev'ry where ; 'Tis never to be bought,...And fled from monarchs, St. John ! dwells with thee. 4. Ask of the learned the way : the leam'd are blind ; This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...the soil : Fixed to no spot is happiness sincere ; 'T is nowhere to be found, or everywhere : 'T is never to be bought, but always free, And, fled from...monarchs, St. John ! dwells with thee. Ask of the learned the way ? The learned are blind ; This bids to serve, and that to shun, mankind ; Some place... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...the soil : Fixed to no spot is happiness sincere ; 'T is nowhere to be found, or everywhere : 'T is never to be bought, but always free, And, fled from...monarchs, St. John ! dwells with thee. Ask of the learned the way 1 The learned are blind; This bids to serve, and that to shun, mankind ; Some place... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1878 - 138 pages
...our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil : Fix'd to no spot is happiness sincere, 'Tis no where to be found, or ev'ry where : "Tis never...learn'd the way ? The learn'd are blind ; This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind ; 20 Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1878 - 656 pages
...culture, not the soil : Fixed to no spot is happiness sincere, "Tis nowhere to be found, or everywhere ; 'Tis never to be bought, but always free, And fled...monarchs, St. John ! dwells with thee. Ask of the learned the way? The learned are blind; This bids tb serve, and that to shun mankind; 20 Some place... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 208 pages
...Asia is better than that of Africa. 2. When they are equivalent to the latter, the former ; as — Ask of the learn'd the way, the learn'd are blind, This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind; Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it pleasure,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1879 - 130 pages
...culture, not the soil ; Fixed to no spot is happiness sincere, 15 'Tis no where to be found, or every where : 'Tis never to be bought, but always free ;...And, fled from monarchs, St. John ! dwells with thee. I. Ask of the learned the way ? the learned are blind ; This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 pages
...culture, not the soil : Fixed to no spot is Happiness sincere ; Tis nowhere to be found, or everywhere ; . "Tis never to be bought, but always free, And, fled from monarchs, ST. JoHN I dwells with thee. Ask of the learned the way ! The learned are blind ; This bids to serve, and that... | |
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