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| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...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 pow'r, And all that beanty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...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 pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await ajrle th' inevitable hour, The paths of... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...useful toil. Their homely joys and destiny obscure i Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile. The is hoard. But now, with sudden qualms possest, He wrings his hands, he pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await, alike, th' inevitable hour ; The paths... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...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 of... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...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... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...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 pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour; — The paths... | |
| Thomas Branagan - Bibliography - 1812 - 370 pages
...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 - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...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...wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour : Th* paths of glory lead — but to the grav«. • Nor you, ye proud, impute lo these a fault, If... | |
| English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams 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... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their teams a-field i How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not ambition...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... | |
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