 | English poetry - 1863 - 392 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... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - English poetry - 1863 - 420 pages
...useful Toil, Tlieir homely Joys and Destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdain t'ul 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, Awaits alike th' iuevitable Hour : The Paths... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...toil, Their homely joys1 and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur 1 hear, with a disdainful smile, The short 1 and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth 1 e'er gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour:— The... | |
 | Lyrical gleanings - 1864 - 152 pages
...evening care ; I?o children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow...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... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...harrow 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 of... | |
 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1865 - 310 pages
...useful toil, Their homely ways 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, Alike await the inevitable hour ; The paths... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 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... | |
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow...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 - 1866 - 298 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... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 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... | |
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How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not Ambition mock their 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,... 
