| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest...country dear, And passing rich, with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change, hi* place.... | |
| Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...once the garden simFii, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest...A man he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich^with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns, he ran his godly race,w NOT e'er had chang'd, nor... | |
| Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...where many a garden flow'r grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The Tillage preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all...the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ! Remote from towns he ran his godly race. Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his pla<v.... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest...country dear, And passing rich, with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, , Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...the arden emil'd, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs , every body thought themselves warranted to roar....several bines, the attention of the spectators was wish'dt change his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...the garden amilM, And still where many a garden-flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest...the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year: Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change, his place... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...the garden smiled. And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There, where a few torn shrubs essed sight, a year; Remote from towns, he ran bis godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to'change his place;... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...the garden smil'd And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest...the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had chang'd, nor wish'd to change his place... | |
| Joseph Emerson - Elocution - 1832 - 122 pages
...the gar den smil'd [wild, And still, where many a garden flow'r grows There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country, dear, Í And passing rich with forty pounds a year ! Remote from towns, he ran his god!y race,... | |
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