 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. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave....  The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns]. - Sida 104efter Book - 1847 - 186 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1800 - 322 sidor
...their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her ev'ning care; No children run to lisp their sire's return,...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, : : And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gaves Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 sidor
...them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening-care; No children run to lisp their sire's return , Or climb his knees the...wealth e'er gave. Await alike th' inevitable hour : ' .M The paths of glory lead but to the grava. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If meoi'ry... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 sidor
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and desliny ohscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple 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 th'inevitable hour; The paths of... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 sidor
...usual 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 Cf pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, ' Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 sidor
...Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb hi* knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await ajrle th' inevitable hour, The paths of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 sidor
...evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the entied kin to «hare. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that weal. h e'er gave, .wait alike th' inevitable hour, The paths... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 sidor
...toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscurej Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short ami simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that weal.h e'er gave, •wait alike th' inevitable hour, The paths... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - 1812 - 370 sidor
...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 pornp of pow'r, And all that beauty all that wealth e'ervgave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 sidor
...blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children run to lisp their sires return, Or climb his knees, the envied kiss to share....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 : Th* paths... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 sidor
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; SO Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, VARIATIONS. Ver. 25. Sickle] Sickles, Ms. W.... | |
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