Happy the man whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air
In his own ground.


"Ode on Solitude", st. 1 (c. 1700).

Alexander Pope Quotes

Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground.

Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground.

Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground.

Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground.