 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 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 mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; SO Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and... | |
 | England - 1849 - 802 pages
...them strewed That teach the rustic moralist to die." NORTH. " Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe hath broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield...! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke !" This stanza— says Mr Mitford — "is made up of various pieces inlaid. 'Stubborn glebe' is from... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...the envied kiss 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 a-field ! How how'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 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 mock their useful toil, k' Their homely joys and destiny obscure ; Nor grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short and... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...the envied kiss 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 the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let'not ambition mock Iheir useful toil, Their homely... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English poetry - 1820 - 548 pages
...the envied kiss 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 the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...the envied kiss 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 a-field ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their siekle yield, 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 mock their useful toil, Their homely... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...the envied kiss 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 the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 270 pages
...the envied kiss 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 a-field ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely... | |
| |
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... 
