 In books and gardens, thou hast plac'd aright (Things which thou well dost understand, And both dost make with thy laborious hand) Thy noble innocent delight : And in thy virtuous wife, where thou again dost meet Both pleasures more refin'd and sweet,...  Nineteenth Century and After - Page 1111891Full view - About this book
 | Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 290 pages
...prudence, how to choose the best : In books and gardens thou hast plac'd aright (Things, which thou well dost understand ; And both dost make with thy laborious hand) Thy noble, innocent delight ; And in thy virtuous wife, where thou again dost meet Both pleasures more refin'd and sweet ; The... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 286 pages
...prudence, how to choose the best : 1 In books and gardens thou hast plac'd aright (Things, which thou well dost understand ; And both dost make with thy laborious hand) Thy noble, innocent delight ; And in thy virtuous wife, where thou again dost meet Both pleasures more refin'd and sweet ; The... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 424 pages
...prudence, how to choose the best : In books and gardens thou hast placed aright (Things, which thou well dost understand, And both dost make with thy laborious hand) Thy noble, innocent delight : And in thy virtuous wife, where thou again dost meet Both pleasures more refined and sweet ; The... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 246 pages
...prudence, how to choose the best:. In books and gardens thou hast placed aright ( (Things, which thou well dost understand, And both dost make with thy laborious hand) Thy noble, innocent delight; [meet And in thy virtuous wife, where thou again dost Both pleasures more refined and sweet; The fairest... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 268 pages
...prudence, how to choose the best : In books and gardens thou hast placed aright (Things, which thou well dost understand, And both dost make with thy laborious hand) Thy noble, innocent delight ; [meet And in thy virtuous wife, where thou again dost Both pleasures more refined and sweet; The... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1826 - 298 pages
...prudence, how to choose the best ; In books and gardens, thou hast plac'd aright (Things, which thou well dost understand ; And both, dost make with thy laborious hand) Thy noble, innocent delight : And in thy virtuous wife, where thou again dost meet Both pleasures more refin'd and sweet ; The... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1826 - 296 pages
...prudence, how to choose the best ; In books. and gardens, thou hast plac'd aright (Things, which thou well dost understand ; And both, dost make with thy laborious hand) Thy noble, innocent delight : And in thy virtuous wife, where thou again dost meet Both pleasures more refin'd and sweet ; The... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1826 - 298 pages
...prudence, how to choose the best j In books and gardens, thou hast plac'd aright (Things, which thou well dost understand ; And both, dost make with thy laborious hand) Thy noble, innocent delight : And in thy virtuous wife, where thou again dost meet Both pleasures more refin'd and sweet ; The... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1840 - 516 pages
...in the arts her husband loved ; for she designed the frontispiece to his version of Lucretius — " In books and gardens thou hast placed aright (Things...understand, And both dost make with thy laborious band) Thy noble innocent delight ; And in thy virtuous wife, where thou again dost meet Both pleasures... | |
 | English literature - 1847 - 584 pages
...incipient poem, intended for future amplification — has spoken thns : — " In books and gardens thou has placed aright (Things well which thou dost understand...with thy laborious hand) Thy noble innocent delight, And in thy virtuous wife, where thou again dost meet Both pleasures more refined and sweet ; The fairest... | |
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