 The widening distance which I daily see, Has Wealth done this? - then Wealth's a foe to me; Foe to our rights ; that leaves a powerful few The paths of emulation to pursue: For emulation stoops to us no more: The hope of humble industry is o'er; The blameless...  The Farmer's Boy: A Rural Poem - Page 47by Robert Bloomfield - 1801 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1805 - 948 pages
...wealth's a fix to me ; Foe to our rights; that leaves a powerful I..W The paths of emulation to pursue : For emulation stoops to us no more ; The hope of humble industry it o'er*? The blameless hope, the cheering sweet presage Of future comforts for declining age. Can... | |
 | 1850 - 638 pages
...concentrated in the hands of ' 32,000.'* The absorption of small farms is thus lamented by Bloomfield : — ' Can my sons share from this paternal hand The profits with the labours of the land ?. No : though indulgent Heaven its blessing deigns, IVhere's the small farm to suit my scanty means ? '... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1808 - 180 pages
...rights; that leaves a powerful few ' The paths of emulation to pursue :.... v. 3j3. Subject coiuiiiued. ' For emulation stoops to Us no more : ' The hope of...hand 'The profits with the labours of the land? ' No; though indulgent Heaven its blessing deigns, ' Where's the small farm to suit my scanty means? ' Content,... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1815 - 166 pages
...foe to me: ' Foe to our rights; that leaves a powerful few ' The paths of emulation to pursue:... * For emulation stoops to us no more: ' The hope of humble industry is o'er; v. 355. Subject continued. ' The blameless hope, the cheering sweet presage ' Of future comforts for... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...me; „Foe to vur rights ; that leaves a powerful few „ The paths of emulation to pursue : . . . „For emulation stoops to us no more: „ The hope...„Can my sons share from this paternal hand „ The proßts with the labours of the land ? ,,£?o ; though indulgent Heaven its blessing deigns, „ Jf... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 750 pages
...wealth's a foe to me; Foe to our rights ; that leaves a powerful few The paths of emulation to pursue:— For emulation stoops to us no more : The hope of humble...share from this paternal hand The profits with the lahours of the land ? No ; though indulgent Heaven its blessing deigns, Where's the small farm to suit... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...pursue : — For emulation stoops to us no more : The hope of humhle industry is o'er : The hlameless And would not bear addition to his cares : With pity...said he, ' Will you embrace contempt and beggary 1 lahours of the land ? No ; though indulgent Heaven its hlessing deigns, Where's the small farm to suit... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - English poetry - 1838 - 752 pages
...a foe to me ; Foe to our tights ; that leaves a powerful few The paths uf emulation to pursue: — For emulation stoops to us no more : The hope of humble...industry is o'er: The blameless hope, the cheering sweet preiage Of future comforts for declining age. Can my sons share from this paternal hand The pvolits... | |
 | James Thomson - 1842 - 440 pages
...a foe to me ; Foe to our rights ; that leaves a pow'rful few The paths of emulation to pursue : — For emulation stoops to us no more : The hope of humble...with the labours of the land ? No ; tho' indulgent Heaveu its hlessing deigns, Where's the small farm to suit my scanty means ? Content, the Poet sings,... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1845 - 296 pages
...to me : ' Foe to our rights ; that leaves a powerful few ' The paths of emulation to pursue : — ' For emulation stoops to us no more : ' The hope of...' The profits with the labours of the land ? ' No ; though indulgent Heaven its blessing deigns, ' Where 's the small farm to suit my scanty means ?... | |
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