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" But easy quiet, a secure retreat, A harmless life that knows not how to cheat With home-bred plenty, the rich owner bless ; And rural pleasures crown his happiness. "
The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ... - Page 68
by John Dryden - 1808
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1856 - 704 pages
...Georg. L 2. v. 447. Here easy quiet, a secure retreat, A harmless life that knows not how to cheat, With home-bred plenty the rich owner bless, And rural pleasures crown his happiness. Unvex'd with quarrels, undisturb'd with noise, The country king his peaceful realm enjoys : Cool grots,...
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Poetry: selected for the use of schools and families by A. Bowman

Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...sweetness of his oil ; But easy quiet, a secure retreat, A harmless life that knows not how to cheat, With home-bred plenty the rich owner bless, And rural pleasures crown his happiness. Unvex'd with quarrels, undisturb'd by noise, The country king his peaceful realm enjoys. DRYDEN'S VIRGIL....
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1856 - 1090 pages
...l. 2. T. 447. Here easy quiet, a secure retreat, A harmless life that knows not how to cheat, . With home-bred plenty the rich owner bless, And rural pleasures crown his happiness. • Unvex'd with quarrels, undisturb'd with noise, The country king his peaceful realm enjoys : Cool...
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The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, Volume 2

John Dryden - 1859 - 482 pages
...the rich owner hless ; And rural pleasures erown his happiness. Unvex'd with quarrels, undisturh'd with noise, The country king his peaceful realm enjoys — Cool grots, and living lakes, the flow'ry pride Of meads, and streams that through the valley glide, And shady groves that easy sleep...
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The Works of Joseph Addison Complete in Three Volumes Embracing ..., Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1864 - 470 pages
...Georg, ii. 47(5. Here easy quiet, a secure retreat, A harmless life that knows not how to cheat, With home-bred plenty the rich owner bless, ' And rural pleasures crown his happiness. Unvex'd with quarrels, undisturb'd with noise The country king his peaceful realm enjoys : Cool grots,...
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Wisdom, Wit, and Allegory. Selected from "The Spectator"

Joseph Addison, P.P. - London. - Spectator, 1711-14 - 1864 - 334 pages
...son." — POPE. " Here easy quiet, a secure retreat, A harmless life that knows not how to cheat, With home-bred plenty the rich owner bless, And rural pleasures crown his happiness. Unvex'd with quarrels, undisturb'd with noise, The country king his peaceful realm enjoys: Cool grots...
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The tinker of Swaffham: with other poems and translations

J. Walker - 1869 - 160 pages
...iv 467, &c. " Here easy quiet, a secure retreat, A harmless life that knows not how to cheat, With home-bred plenty the rich owner bless, And rural pleasures...that easy sleep invite, And after toilsome days a short repose at nighi." — DRYDES. ONG in vain I Ve sought to find A rural mansion to my mind ; Oft...
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1870 - 688 pages
...plenty the rich owner bless, And rural pleasures crown his happiness. Unvex'd with quarrels, undisturb'd with noise, The country king his peaceful realm enjoys : Cool grots, and living lakes, the flow'ry pride Of meads and steams that through the valley glide , And shady groves that easy sleep...
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The Works of Virgil, Volumes 1-2

Virgil - 1870 - 550 pages
...the rich owner bless ; And rural pleasures crown his happiness. Unvex'd with quarrels, undisturb'd with noise, The country king his peaceful realm enjoys — Cool grots, and living lakes, the flow'ry pride Of meads, and streams that through the valley glide And shady groves that easy sleep...
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Proceedings, Volume 30

Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1876 - 438 pages
...expression of its harmonies and sympathies with human nature, unsurpassed in any language or literature. t " Cool grots, and living lakes, the flowery pride Of...that easy sleep invite, And after toilsome days a sweet repose at night. Wild beasts of nature, in his woods abound." This again has reacted on Modern...
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