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 annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power.... Little Classics: Poems, lyrical - Sida 97redigerad av - 1875Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 sidor
...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 a disdainful smile The short and simple... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1858 - 196 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 pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of... | |
| John Guy (Schoolmaster.) - 1858 - 248 sidor
...climb his knees, the envied kiss to share. How jocund did they drive their teams 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... | |
| Jean François Ducis - 1859 - 758 sidor
...Their harrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their leam afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not Ambition...simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, (he pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the', inevitable hour,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 sidor
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke j 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 boast of Heraldry,... | |
| Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 sidor
...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 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 th' inevitable hour, i The paths... | |
| England - 1860 - 532 sidor
...yield; Their 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 mock their useful toil, Their homely j oys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short and... | |
| Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 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 pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth ere gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour ; — The paths... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 sidor
...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...annals of the Poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave Await alike th' inevitable hour :— The paths... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1861 - 470 sidor
...yield; 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; Nar Grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short and simple... | |
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