 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
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 384 pages
...; 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,...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 Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 380 pages
...; 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, And cheerfulness the handmaid of then: toil ; Nor yet too many nor too few their numbers ; Corrnption could not make their hearts her... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1875 - 444 pages
...: 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,...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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...; 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,...of their toil ; Nor yet too many nor too few their numliers ; Corruption could not make their hearts her soil. The lust which stings, the splendor which... | |
 | William Minturn - California - 1877 - 430 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,...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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 630 pages
...Riiii|ile they were, not savage ; and their rides, Though very true, were not yet used for trifles. Motion was in their days, rest in their slumbers,...toil ; Nor yet too many nor too few their numbers ; ( bmiption could not make their hearts her soil. The lust which stings, the splendor which encumbers,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1878 - 636 pages
...Simple they were, not savage ; and their rifles, Though very true, were not yet used for trifles. LXVIL he vessel, and the mart, splendour which encumbers, With the free foresters divide no spoil : Serene, not sullen, were the solitudes... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1880 - 630 pages
...very true, were not yet used for trifles. LXVII. Motion was in their days, rest in their slumhers, weapon and the sophist's stole Are sought in vain, and o'er each-mouldering numhers ; Corruption could not make their hearts her soil ; The lust which stings, the splendour which... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - Biography & Autobiography - 1884 - 316 pages
...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... | |
 | Truths - 1885 - 572 pages
...for thy presence ceas'd to pine : The World — nay — Heaven itself was mine. 3Lflbertn. — Byron. 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... | |
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