Poems you ought to know . don in 1688. He had no school education, as hewas always sickly, but he learned Latin and Greek from several the time he was 17 he was an acknowledged wit and critic. His firstpublished poem was The Pastorals, 1709; then followed The Rape ofthe Lock, his best satirical poem, and the next year (1713) he began histranslation of the Iliad. He died at Twickenham in 1744. Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound,Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread,Whose flocks supply him with att
Poems you ought to know . don in 1688. He had no school education, as hewas always sickly, but he learned Latin and Greek from several the time he was 17 he was an acknowledged wit and critic. His firstpublished poem was The Pastorals, 1709; then followed The Rape ofthe Lock, his best satirical poem, and the next year (1713) he began histranslation of the Iliad. He died at Twickenham in 1744. Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound,Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread,Whose flocks supply him with attire; Whose trees in summer yield, him shade,In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcerndly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away; In health of body, peace of mind,Quiet by day, Sound sleep by night, study and ease. Together mixt, sweet recreation;And innocence, which most doth please, With meditation. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus, unlamented, let me from the world, and not a stone Tell where I 103 PATRIOTISM. BY SIR WALTER SCOTT. Sir Walter Scott was born at Edinburgh in 1771. H© first beganhis writing by translating Burger and Goethe, but he left this work totake up the Border Minstrelsy of his own country. In 1814 he publishedthe first of the well-known Waverley novels. He sold his copyrights tothe firm of Constable, and as the house failed a few years later Scottwas heavily involved. As he had also recently bought and repaired theestate of Abbotsford, he was in debt for that also. In spite of ill healthhe wrote incessantly in order to meet his bills, and gave to the world theDovels and poems :with which all are so familiar. He died in 1832.
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