 | William Swinton - English language - 1877 - 278 pages
...:* as— 1. No PEOPLE can be great who [have ceased to be virtuous]. 2. How blest is HE who crowns in shades like these A youth of labor with an age of ease. 3. I have found the SHEEP which was lost. 4. I dare do ALL that may become a man. 5. One man admires... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...friend to life's decline! Retreats from care, that never must be mine ! How blest is he who crowns, iu shades like these, A youth of labor with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 't is hard to combat, learns to fly I... | |
 | William Swinton - English language - 1879 - 394 pages
...:* as— 1. No PEOPLE can be great who [have ceased to be virtuous]. 2. How blest is HE who crowns in shades like these A youth of labor with an age of ease. 3. I have found the SHEEP which was lost. 4. I dare do ALL that may become a man. 5. One man admires... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1880 - 84 pages
...friend to life's decline. Retreats from care, that never must be mine, 2* How blest is he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labor with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 pages
...retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care that never must be mine, How happy he who crowns in shades like these A youth of labor with an age of ease; 100 Who quits a world where strong temptations try And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly !... | |
 | Michigan. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1880 - 526 pages
...firesides with the comforts which a life of honorable industry had deserved. "How blest the man who crowns in shades like these A youth of labor with an age of ease." Ambition, under the control of reason and a sense of right, is a valuable possession, but it may become... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English literature - 1880 - 182 pages
...friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labor with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...! friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest is he who crowns retched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors ! ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 't is bar 1 to combat, learns to fly !... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...retirement! friend to life's decline 1 Retreats from care, that never must be mine ! How happy he who crowns, a good time coming, boys, A good time coming : Hateful riv ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly. For... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 732 pages
...friend lo life's decline ! Retreats from care that never must be mine — How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labor with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try. And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For... | |
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How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A youth of labor with an age of ease; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! 
