OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. Poems - Page 142by William Thompson Bacon - 1840 - 214 pagesFull view - About this book
| Home missionary society - 1842 - 348 pages
...the word solitude means. It is very easy, in this country, to exclaim, or sing over a piano-forte, " Oh ! for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade ; " but come with me to Canada, if you wish to know the reality as well as the poetry. I had no idea... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...principal cause, to the want of discipline in the Universities. THE TASK. BOOK II. THE TIME-PIECE. On for a lodge in some vast wilderness ', Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war Might never reach me more... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 206 pages
...principal cause, to the want of discipline in the nniversities. THE TASK. BOOK II. THE TIME-PIECE. O FOR a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...principal cause, to the want of discipline in the Universities. THE TASK. BOOK II. i, THE TIME-PIECE. On for a lodge in some vast wilderness ', Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war Might never reach me more... | |
| Catherine Sinclair - 1837 - 500 pages
...Well, adieu ! You are longing to be off, I suppose, and to reach the rural plains of Inverness-shire. ' Oh ! for a lodge in some vast wilderness — some boundless contiguity of shade !' Eh, Eleanor! Long life to you, then ! and take care of my precious Matilda. I grudge you every hour... | |
| William Chambers - 1837 - 352 pages
...from another and more poetical mind, and passes off well enough. On the same principle, we will wish for " a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade;" though, in reality, a walk in some neighboring plantation, upon which we are forbidden to intrude by... | |
| William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the umversities. 0 FOR a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.... | |
| Herbert Byng Hall - 1837 - 358 pages
...actual service, for which they were unprepared and unfit. STRENGTH OF THE CAKLISTS. 99 CHAPTER IX. O ! for a lodge in some vast wilderness ! Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Should never reach me more... | |
| 1850 - 464 pages
...assassins, he exclaimed in anguish, and verily believed, " there is on earth no place for virtue-" 401 105 " Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war Might never reach me more.... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...Its crown, abased ; forgets itself, admires, LESSON CLVIII. The Inhumanity nf Slavery. — COWPKR. 1. OH, for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumor of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more... | |
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