| English language - 1851 - 278 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition...annals of the poor. The boast of Heraldry, the pomp of Pow'r, And all that Beauty, all that Wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour — The paths... | |
| Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team a-field ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The paths... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1853 - 384 pages
...Georg. iii. 639. " Labour him with many a sturdy stroke." Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. 35 The paths... | |
| Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1853 - 456 pages
...toil, | Their homely joys, and destiny obscure1 ; | Nor grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile', | The short, and simple annals of the poor^ | The boast of heraldry, | the pomp of power, | And all that beau'ty, all that wealth1 , e'er gave,, | Await, alike, the inevitable hour,... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1854 - 102 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not ambition...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 278 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of... | |
| Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 578 pages
...sickle yield ; Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams l plants, of every leaf, that can endure The winter's...from his shrewd bite, Lire there, and prosper. Those power, And all that beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Await, alike, tho inevitable hour ; The paths... | |
| Collection - 1856 - 120 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not ambition...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th'inevitable hour. The paths of... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1858 - 196 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of... | |
| Jean François Ducis - 1859 - 758 pages
...Their harrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their leam afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not Ambition...simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, (he pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the', inevitable hour,... | |
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