 Refills the jug his honour'd host to tend, To serve at once the master and the friend ; Proud thus to meet his smiles, to share his tale, His nuts, his conversation, and his ale. Such were the days, — of days long past I sing, When Pride gave place...  The poetical works of Robert Bloomfield - Page xxxiby Robert Bloomfield - 1855 - 284 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1800 - 134 pages
...friend; Proud thus to meet his smiles, to share his tale, His nuts, his conversation, and his ale. Such were the days,. ..of days long past I sing, When Pride gave place to mirth without a sting; Contrast of modem usage. v. 335. Ere tyrant customs strength sufficient bore To violate the feelings... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - Wood-engraving - 1800 - 102 pages
...long past I sing, When Pride gave place to mirth without a sting; Contrast of modern usage. y. 335. Ere tyrant customs strength sufficient bore To violate the feelings of the poor; To leave them distanc'd in the mad'ning race, Where'er Refinement shews its hated face : Nor causeless hated;. ..'tis... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1800 - 102 pages
...his smiles, to share his tale, His nuts, his conversation, and his ale. Such were the d£fys,...of days long past I sing> -. , When Pride gave place to mirth without a sting; Contrast of modem usage. v. 335. Ere tyrant customs strength sufficient bore To violate the feelings... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - Country life - 1801 - 128 pages
...friend; Proud thus to meet his smiles, to share his talc, His nuts, his conversation, and his ale. Such were the days,... of days long past I sing, When Pride gave place to mirth without a sting; Contrast of modern usage. Ere tyrant customs strength sufficient bore To violate the feelings of the... | |
 | 1850
...quotation from the labourer poet Bloomfield. A little more polished, and it might have been from Crabbe. ' Such were the days, — of days long past I sing,...pride gave place to mirth without a sting ; Ere tyrant custom strength sufficient bore, To violate the feelings of the poor : To leave them distanced in the... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - Country life - 1803 - 128 pages
...past I- • sing, When Pride gave place to mirth without a sting; . Contrast of modern ufage. TJ35Ere tyrant customs strength sufficient bore To violate the feelings of the poor ; To leave them distanc'd in the mad'ning race, Where'er Refinement shews its hated face : Nor causeless hated ; —... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1815
...friend; Proud thus to meet his smiles, to share his tale, His nuts, his conversation, and his ale. Such were the days,.. .of days long past I sing, When...sting; Ere tyrant customs strength sufficient bore Contrast of modern Usage. To violate the feelings of the poor; To leave them distanc'd in the mad'ning... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1820 - 99 pages
...friend ; Proud thus to meet his smiles, to share his tale, His nuts, his conversation, and his ale. Such were the days,... of days long past I sing, When...sufficient bore To violate the feelings of the poor ; Contrast of modern Usage. v. 336. To leave them distanc'd in the mad'ning race, Where'er refinement... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837
...friend ; Proud thus to meet his smiles, to share his tale, His nuts, his conversation, and his ale. Such were the days — of days long past I sing, When...To violate the feelings of the poor ; To leave them distanc'd in the mad'ning race, . Where'er refinement shows its hated face : ' Nor causeless hatred... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837
...friend ; Proud thus to meet his smiles, to share his tale, His nuts, his conversation, and his ale. Such were the days — of days long past I sing, When...To violate the feelings of the poor ; To leave them distanc'd in the mad'ning race, Where'er refinement shows its hated face : Nor causeless hatred ; —... | |
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