 Motion was in their days, rest in their slumbers, And cheerfulness the handmaid of their toil; Nor yet too many nor too few their numbers; Corruption could not make their hearts her soil; The lust which stings, the splendour which encumbers, With the...  History of Lee County - Page 2831881 - 873 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - Philosophy, English - 1865 - 432 pages
...; Simple they were, not savage, and their rifles, Though very true, were yet not used for trifles. Motion was in their days, rest in their slumbers,...their hearts her soil : The lust which stings, the splendour which encumbers, With the free foresters divide no spoil : Serene, not sullen, were the solitudes... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1865 - 480 pages
...Simple they were, not savage ; and their rifles, Though very true, were not yet used for trifles. LXVII. Motion was in their days, rest in their slumbers,...Corruption could not make their hearts her soil ; The lustwhich stings, the splendour which encumberSi With the free foresters divide no spoif; Serene, not... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Biography - 1867 - 370 pages
...dwellers on the Susquehanna and the Potomac — who rejoiced under the paternal sway of William Penn. " Motion was in their days, rest in their slumbers,...their hearts her soil ; The lust which stings, the splendour which encumbers, With the free foresters divide no spoil ; Serene, not sullen, were the solitudes... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1867 - 740 pages
...yet used for trifics. LXVII. Motion was In their days, rent In their slumbers, And chef r ful n ess the handmaid of their toil ; Nor yet too many nor too few their numbers; Corruption couKl not make their hearts Her soil i The lust which stings the splendour which cncuinWlth the free... | |
 | Timothy Flint - 1868 - 262 pages
...distortions. Simple they were; not savage; and their rifles, Though very true, were not yet used for trifles. Motion was in their days; rest in their slumbers;...stings; the splendor which encumbers. With the free foresters divide no spoil. Serene, not sullen, were the solitudes Of this unsighing people of the woods,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 pages
...Simple they were, not savage ; and their rifles, Though very true, were not yet used for trifles. LXV1I. k c lubt which stings, the splendour which encumbers, With the free foresters divide no spoil : Serene,... | |
 | 1868 - 766 pages
...strong, and swift of foot are they, Beyond the dwarfing city's pale abortions, * » * * * Motion is in their days, rest in their slumbers, And cheerfulness the handmaid of their toil. One of the most attractive, as well as one of the most conspicuous objects as seen from the central... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...; Simple they were, not savage ; and their rifles, Though very tme, were not yet used for trifles. TH ME. SOMG OF NOURMAHAL IN " ТНЯ LICHT OF ТНК...tents with love or thrones without? toLOVE. СУ " Our foresters divide no spoil ; Serene, not sullen, were the solitudes Of this unsighing people of the... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...; Simple they were, not savage ; and their rifles, Though very true, were not yet used for trifles. maketheir hearts her soil. The lust which stings, the splendor which encumbers, With the free foresters... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...; Simple they were, not savage ; and their rifles, Though very true, were not yet used for trilles. Motion was in their days, rest in their slumbers,...The lust which stings, the splendor which encumbers, \Vith the free foresters divide no spoil ; Serene, not sullen, were the solitudes Of this irasighiug... | |
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