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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 Virgil, tr. into Engl. verse by mr. Dryden. Carey - Page 264
by Publius Vergilius Maro - 1806
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The Art of English Poetry Containing: Rules for making verses. A collection ...

Edward Bysshe - English language - 1710 - 620 pages
...defile With foreign Scents the Sweetnefs of his Oil. '• . But eafy Quiet, a fecure Retreat, A harmkis Life, that knows not how to cheat, With home-bred Plenty the rich Owner blefs, And rural Pleafures crown his Happinefs. Unvex'd with Quarrels, undifturb'd with Noife, The...
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The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis

Virgil - Didactic poetry, Latin - 1721 - 412 pages
...defile, With foreign Scents, the Sweetnefs of his Oil. But eafy Quiet, a fecure Retreat, 6^ A harmlefs Life that knows not how to cheat, With home-bred Plenty the- rich Owner blefs, And rural Pleasures crown his Happinefi. •' '-&.»" - -T Unvex'd with Quarrels, undifturb'd...
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The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of ...

John Newbery - English poetry - 1762 - 292 pages
...out of the principal argument and defign of the poem. But eafy quiet, a fecure retreat, A harmlefs life that knows not how to cheat, With home-bred plenty the rich owner blefs, And rural pleafures. crown his happinefs. Unvex'd with quarrels, undifturb'd with noife, The...
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The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of ...

Art - 1762 - 290 pages
...out of the principal argument and defign of the poem. But eafy quiet, a fecure retreat4, A harmlefs life that knows not how to cheat, With home-bred plenty the rich owner blefs, And rural pleafures crown his happinefs. Unvex'd with quarrels, undifturb'd with noife, The...
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The Spectator, Volume 6

1767 - 334 pages
...mollejque fub arborejomni. Virg. Georg. 1. 2. v. 467. Here eafy quiet, a fecure retreat, A harmlefs life that knows not how to cheat, With home-bred plenty the rich owner blefs, And rural pleafures crown his happinefs. Unvex'd with quarrels, undifturb'd with noife, The...
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The Works of the English Poets: Dryden's Virgil

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 412 pages
...defile, With foreign fcents the fweetnefs of his oil. But eafy quiet, a fecure retreat, 655 A harmlefs life that knows not how to cheat, With home-bred plenty the rich owner blets, And rural pleafures crown his happinefs. Unvex'd with quarrels, undifturb'd with noife, The...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 17

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 494 pages
...blefs, And rural pleafures crown his happinefs. Unvex'd with quarrels, undifturb'd with noife, Ths country king his peaceful realm enjoys : 660 Cool grots, and living lakes, the flowery pride Of meads, and ftreams that through the valley glide ; And fliady groves that eafy fleep...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 22

English poets - 1790 - 366 pages
...defile, With foreign fcents the fweetnefs of his oil. But eafy quiet, a fecure retreat. 6jj A harmlefs life that knows not how to cheat, With home-bred plenty the rich owner blefs, And rural pleafures crown his happinefs. Unvex'd with quarrels, undifturb'd with noife, The...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 12

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 902 pages
...defile, With foreign Icents the fweetnefs of his oil. But eafy quiet, a fecure retreat. A harmlels life that knows not how to cheat, With home-bred plenty the rich owner blefs, And rural pleafures crown hishappinefs. Unvex'd with quarrels, undifturb'd with noife, The country...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical ...

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1104 pages
...defile, With foreign fcents the fweetnefs of his oil. But eafy quiet, a fecure retreat. A harmlcfs life that knows not how to cheat, With home-bred plenty the rich owner blefs, And rural pleafures crown his happinefs. Unvcx'd with quarrels, undifturb'd with noife, The...
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