 GARDEN How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays, And their incessant labours see Crown'd from some single herb or tree, Whose short and narrow-verged shade Does prudently their toils upbraid; While all the flowers and trees do...  The Outlaw - Page 11by Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 pages
...About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. THOUGHTS [A. M \KVELL. How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays, And their incessant labours seo Crown'd from some single herb or tree, Whoso short and narrow-verged shade Does prudently their... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 524 pages
...the honour of being ascribed to Milton. GOLDWIN SMITH. THE GARDEN. How vainly men themselves amaze, To win the palm, the oak, or bays, And their incessant labours see Crowned from some single herb, or tree, Whose short and narrow-verged shade Does prudently their toils... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 524 pages
...the honour of being ascribed to Milton. GOLDWIN SMITH. THE GARDEN. How vainly men themselves amaze, To win the palm, the oak, or bays, And their incessant labours see Crowned from some single herb, or tree, Whose short and narrow-verged shade Does prudently their toils... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...GARDEff. How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays, And their incessant labors shade Does prudently their toils upbraid ; While all the flowers and trees do close To weave the garlands... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 pages
...number, weight, and measure, needs not rhyme. THOUGHTS IN A GARDEN. 1 How vainly men themselves amaze, To win the palm, the oak, or bays ! And their incessant labours see Crowned from some single herb or tree, Whose short and narrow-verged shade Does prudently their toils... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1882 - 524 pages
...the honour of being ascribed to Milton. GOLDWIN SMITH. THE GARDEN. How vainly men themselves amaze, To win the palm, the oak, or bays, And their incessant labours see Crowned from some single herb, or tree, Whose short and narrow-verged shade Does prudently their toils... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1882 - 362 pages
...morning's dew Ne'er to be found again. R. Hetrick CXI THOUGHTS IN A GARDEN How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays, And their incessant labours see Crown 'd from some single herb or tree, Whose short and narrow-verged shade Does prudently their toils... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1883 - 544 pages
...guide their chime, With falling oars they kept the time. THE GARDEN. How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays ; And their incessant labours see Crowned from some single herb or tree, Whose short and narrow verged shade Does prudently their toils... | |
 | English poetry - 1889 - 118 pages
...mind, Which all men seek, and few men find. GARDEN. BY ANDREW MARVELL. OW vainly men themselves amaze, To win the palm, the oak, or bays : And their incessant labours see Crovvn'd from some single herb, or tree, Whose short and narrow verged shade Does prudently their toils... | |
 | English poetry - 1890 - 470 pages
...cxxxvi in a How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays, And their uncessant labours see Crown'd from some single herb or tree, Whose short and narrow-verged shade Does prudently their toils upbraid ; While all the flowers and trees do close To... | |
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