 | Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 pages
...as a hare whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return —...try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; Nor surly... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1874 - 588 pages
...O blest retirement ! friend to life's decline, Retreat from cares that never must be mine How happy he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour...try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly. For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine or tempt the dangerous deep ; No surly... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 pages
...not lived in vain ; Then wait in peace their hour of final rest : — ' These are the only blest. — How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these,...try, And since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly. For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep : No surly... | |
 | William Spalding - English literature - 1862 - 438 pages
...Here to return — and die at home at last ! Oh blest retirement ! friend to life's decline I Retreat from care, that never must be mine ! How blest is...try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretch is born to work and weep, Explore the mine or tempt the dangerous deep : No surly... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1862 - 328 pages
...Here to return, — and die at home at last. O blest retirement! friend to life's decline, Retreat from care, that never must be mine, How blest is he...ease; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, 5 And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 392 pages
...a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return —...try, And since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No surly... | |
 | James Beattie, Oliver Goldsmith - Gift books - 1864 - 540 pages
...as a hare whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return —...try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; Nor surly... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Bookbinding - 1864 - 182 pages
...as a hare whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return —...try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; Nor surly... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 882 pages
...hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first she flew — I still had hopes — my long vexations past, Here to return,...try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches born to work and weep Explore the mine or tempt the dangerous deep ; No surly... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Henry William Dulcken - English poetry - 1865 - 410 pages
...as a hare whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return —...try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; Nor surly... | |
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How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly... 
