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" How bow'd 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,... "
The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series ... - Page 143
by Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 586 pages
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...usual 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 Cf pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, ' Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...ply her ev'ning care ; i No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envy'd kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle...hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor yon, ye Prond ! impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, thro'...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb hi* knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await ajrle th' inevitable hour, The paths of...
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A Sketch of the History of Holy Ghost Chapel, at Basingstoke in Hampshire ...

Joseph Jefferson (Independent minister.) - 1809 - 38 pages
...Elegy, written in a country churchyard; 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 glory lead but to the grave. The ancient family of the Cufaudes had a vault also in this Chapel. This was not...
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Rights of God, Written for the Benefit of Man: Or, the Impartiality of ...

Thomas Branagan - Bibliography - 1812 - 370 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 pornp of pow'r, And all that beauty all that wealth e'ervgave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children run to lisp their sires return, Or climb his knees, the envied kiss to share....annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour : Th* paths...
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Elegant poems. Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's ...

Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their teams a-field i How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let...Await alike th' inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead—but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no...
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The Poetical Register, and Repository of Fugitive Poetry for ..., Volume 8

English poetry - 1814 - 678 pages
...THE EMPRESS CATHARINE II. OF RUSSIA. 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 glory lead but to the grave. HARK to that paean song, whose choral lay Sounds the glad march of FREEDOM'S .smiling...
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The Poetical Register, and Repository of Fugitive Poetry for 1801-11, Volume 8

English poetry - 1814 - 670 pages
...THE EMPRESS CATHARINE II. OF RUSSIA. 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 glory lead but to the grave. HARK to that paean song, whose choral lay Sounds the glad march of FREEDOM'S smiling...
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The Poetical Register, and Repository of Fugitive Poetry for 1801-11, Volume 8

English poetry - 1814 - 676 pages
...EMPRESS CATHARINE II. OF RUSSIA. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, alt that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead but to tbe grave. Sounds the glad march of FREEDOM'S smiling train; With what sweet cadence does it...
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