{"id":208,"date":"2015-06-24T18:46:43","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T18:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/americanlit1x22x1\/?post_type=chapter&p=208"},"modified":"2015-06-24T18:47:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T18:47:09","slug":"ode-on-solitude","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-britlit1\/chapter\/ode-on-solitude\/","title":{"raw":"Ode on Solitude","rendered":"Ode on Solitude"},"content":{"raw":"by Alexander Pope<\/strong>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHappy the man whose wish and care\r\nA few paternal acres bound,\r\nContent to breathe his native air,\r\nIn his own ground.\r\n\r\nWhose herds with milk, whose fields with bread,\r\nWhose flocks supply him with attire,\r\nWhose trees in summer yield him shade,\r\nIn winter fire.\r\n\r\nBlest, who can unconcern'dly find\r\nHours, days, and years slide soft away,\r\nIn health of body, peace of mind,\r\nQuiet by day,\r\n\r\nSound sleep by night; study and ease,\r\nTogether mixt; sweet recreation;\r\nAnd Innocence, which most does please\r\nWith meditation.\r\n\r\nThus let me live, unseen, unknown,\r\nThus unlamented let me die,\r\nSteal from the world, and not a stone\r\nTell where I lie.","rendered":"

by Alexander Pope<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Happy the man whose wish and care
\nA few paternal acres bound,
\nContent to breathe his native air,
\nIn his own ground.<\/p>\n

Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread,
\nWhose flocks supply him with attire,
\nWhose trees in summer yield him shade,
\nIn winter fire.<\/p>\n

Blest, who can unconcern’dly find
\nHours, days, and years slide soft away,
\nIn health of body, peace of mind,
\nQuiet by day,<\/p>\n

Sound sleep by night; study and ease,
\nTogether mixt; sweet recreation;
\nAnd Innocence, which most does please
\nWith meditation.<\/p>\n

Thus let me live, unseen, unknown,
\nThus unlamented let me die,
\nSteal from the world, and not a stone
\nTell where I lie.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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