 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 460 pages
...Their harrow 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...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, The paths... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pages
...harrow oft the stubborn glebe lias 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; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care : Nor children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb...stroke ! Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur bear with a disdainful smile The short and simple... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Fore-edge painting - 1825 - 346 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; 30 Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...siekle yield, Then- furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How joeund did they drive their team away; Whilst you, regardless of our woe, Sit eareless at a play : Perhaps moek their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obseure ; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Presses, Issues of - 1826 - 190 pages
...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...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 : The paths... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...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...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— The paths... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...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...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: The paths of... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...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!...annals of the poor; The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour: — The... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 282 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 pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour : The paths... | |
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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. 
