 | William Collins, Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1852 - 332 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 stroke ! Let not Ambition raock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their team a-field ! How bowed 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... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team a-fleld ! How bowed 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... | |
 | John Wood Warter - Sussex (England) - 1853 - 390 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe hath broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! " Let not...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 Wood Warter - 1853 - 408 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe hath broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! " Let not Ambition...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... | |
 | Richard D. Brown - History - 1991 - 385 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! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor Grandeur hear with disdainful smile The short and simple... | |
 | Brian Short - History - 1992 - 260 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, Awaits alike th'inevitable hour. The paths of... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 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, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour: Nor you, ye... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubbom 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... | |
 | Legislators - 1996 - 160 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, Awaits 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. 
