 | T AGERTON - 1794 - 390 pages
...obfcure; 30 Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. 35 The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, Jf Memory o'er... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bow'd...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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield , Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their team a-field ! How...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... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke: How jocund did they drive their team afield] How bow'd...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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ! How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield. Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke .How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How...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... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield , Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke: How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn E»k>be has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bow'd...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... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...mountains glow. See Heav'n its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day ! 141 The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all...wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, to these impute the fault, If mem'ry o'er... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and desliny ohscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th'inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead hut to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
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For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her 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 oft the stubborn... 
