 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; SO 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, VARIATIONS. Ver. 25. Sickle] Sickles, Ms. W.... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 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 Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 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 ih' inevitable hour: The paths of... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 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 Hi' inevitable hour: The paths of... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 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 of... | |
 | English poetry - 1822 - 418 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...gave, Await alike the inevitable hour, — -. The jiaths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If mem'ry o'er... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 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... | |
 | William Oxberry - Theater - 1824 - 402 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor grandeur hear « ith a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all 'hat beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Fore-edge painting - 1825 - 346 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; 30 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, Sacrum vestutis extruat lignis focum Lassi sub... | |
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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,... 
