 | 1850 - 638 pages
...days, — of days long past I sing, When 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 maddening race, Where'er refmement shows his haughty face : Nor causeless hated; —... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - Country life - 1806 - 212 pages
...long past I sing,. When Pride gave place to mirth without a sting; Contrast of modern ur-age. ' v. 335. Ere tyrant customs strength sufficient bore To violate the feelings of the poor ; To leave them distanc'cl in the mad'ning race, Where'er refinement shows its hated face : Nor causeless hated;. ..'tis... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - Country life - 1806 - 198 pages
...sting; Cuiitrii.it it modem usage. V. *ii. Ere tyrant customs strength sufficient bore To violate tta feelings of the poor ; To leave them distanc'd in the mad'ning race, Where'er refinement shows its hated face : Nor causeless hated;. ..'tis the peasant's curse, That hourly makes his wretched... | |
 | Ephraim Wood - Society of Friends - 1815 - 384 pages
...1 it is too lamentably well known, that " pride," " tyrant custom," and what is called refinement, Destroys life's intercourse, the social plan, That rank to rank cements, as man to man !." BLOOMFIELD. I am aware also of the novelty, as well as th« perplexity (and perhaps consequent... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 362 pages
...ale. Such were the days — of days long past I sing, When pride gave place to mirth without a sting ; Ere tyrant customs strength sufficient bore To violate...distanc'd in the mad'ning race, Where'er refinement shows its hated face : Nor causeless hatred ; — 'tis the peasant's curse, That hourly makes his wretched... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 448 pages
...ale. Such were the days — of days long past I sing, When pride gave place to mirth without a sting ; Ere tyrant customs strength sufficient bore To violate...distanc'd in the mad'ning race, . Where'er refinement shows its hated face : ' Nor causeless hatred ; — 'tis the peasant's curse, . That hourly makes his... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - English poetry - 1838 - 752 pages
...Such were the days, — of days long past I sing, When pride gave plate to mirth without a sting ; Ere tyrant customs strength sufficient bore To violate the feelings of the poor: To leave them distanced in the maddening race, Where'er refinement shows its hated face: Nor causeless hated ;—... | |
 | Fashion - 514 pages
...Such were the days, — of days long past we sing, When pride gave place to mirth without a sting ; Ere tyrant customs strength sufficient bore To violate...feelings of the poor; , To leave them distanc'd in the mad'uing race, Where'er refinement shows its hated face : Nor causeless hated ; — 'tis the peasants'... | |
 | James Thomson - 1842 - 440 pages
...ale. Such were the days — of days long past I sing, When Pride gave place to Mirth without a sting ; Ere tyrant customs strength sufficient bore To violate...curse, That hourly makes his wretched station worse ; (2) Destroys life's intercourse ; the social plan That rank to rank cements, as man to man : Wealth... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1845 - 288 pages
...Such were the days, — of days long past I sing, When Pride gave place to mirth without a sting ; Ere tyrant customs strength sufficient bore To violate...feelings of the poor ; To leave them distanc'd in the madd'ning race, Where'er refinement shows its hated face : Nor causeless hated ; — 'tis the peasant's... | |
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tis the peasant's curse, That hourly makes his wretched station worse; Destroys life's intercourse; the social plan That rank to rank cements, as man to man... 
