 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 208de British poets - 1822Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Lincoln Brandt - 1895 - 544 pages
...old bachelor ; no soul having a common interest, and no soul to share sorrows and pleasures." " 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... | |
 | Louis Klopsch - 1896 - 382 pages
...In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote. — MII/TON. What is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as...and peace combine To stamp the marriage-bond divine ? — COWPER. O woman! thou knowest the hour when thegoodman of the house will return, when the heat... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pages
...she's the moon, and thou art the man in the moon. t. CONOREVE — Love for Love. Act II. Sc. 1. What emen of England. n. SAM'L JOHNSON — Johnsoniana. u. COWPER— Love Abuted. Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pages
...strong invader broke, In all their strength, by one tremendous stroke! CRABBE: The Wife's Funeral. What is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as a wife, is, 'tis true, When friendship, love, and peace combine To stamp the marriage-bond divine ? The stream... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 526 pages
...of anything But for the happiness 'twill bring? " CAMBRIDGE. Learning, a Dialogue, line 23. " What is there in the vale of life, Half so delightful as...friendship, love, and peace combine, To stamp the marriage bond divine ? " r COWPER. Love abused, l!nc 1. " What is there in this vile earth that more... | |
 | Henry Theophilus Finck - 1899 - 888 pages
...maidens, poets, like novelists, have until recently ignored the wife too much. But Cowper sang : 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... | |
 | Abram N. Coleman - 1903 - 310 pages
...superstititon that doth fear the idol which itself has made. Sir T. Overbury. CHAPTER VI. MARRIAGE. , What is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as...and peace combine To stamp the marriage-bond divine? Cowper. 1. A light wife doth make a heavy husband. Shakespeare. 2. Woman was made out of the rib, taken... | |
 | Motilal M. Munshi - 1904 - 562 pages
...distress ; A rest in passing through life's wilderness.f 0 From The Vonng Wife. —" MAnABHARATA.' What is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as...When friendship, love, and peace combine To stamp the marriage bond divine ? —COWPER. The three most beautiful words in the English language are, mother,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1905 - 916 pages
...If a man must be scolded for loving his own. LOVE ABUSED THE THOUGHT SUGGESTED BV THKLYPHTHORA 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1905 - 716 pages
...2 to] of RM. 7 and] or RM. Lwe Abused— Sub-title in BM. (The thought suggested by Thelyphthora). The stream of pure and genuine love Derives its current from above ; And earth a second Eden shows t Where'er the healing water flows. But ah ! if from the dykes and drains Of sensual nature's f ev'rish... | |
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