How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not Ambition mock their 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 pomp of power.... Sketches of Lancashire Life and Localities - Página 73por Edwin Waugh - 1855 - 260 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Collection - 1856 - 120 páginas
...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... | |
| Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 páginas
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams afield ! How bowed leaf, that can endure The winter's frown, if screened...from his shrewd bite, Lire there, and prosper. Those power, And all that beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Await, alike, tho inevitable hour ; The paths... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 páginas
...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 mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1858 - 196 páginas
...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 pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of... | |
| John Guy (Schoolmaster.) - 1858 - 248 páginas
...climb his knees, the envied kiss to share. How jocund did they drive their teams afield! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke. Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile The short and simple... | |
| Jean François Ducis - 1859 - 758 páginas
...Their harrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their leam afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not Ambition...simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, (he pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the', inevitable hour,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 páginas
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke j How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The boast of Heraldry,... | |
| Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 páginas
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke, How jocund did they drive their team a-field ! 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, i The paths... | |
| Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 páginas
...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 pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth ere gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour ; — The paths... | |
| England - 1860 - 532 páginas
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team a-fleld! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely j oys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short and... | |
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