 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 páginas
...cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,...thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and lords may flourish or may... | |
 | 1852 - 1170 páginas
...GOLDSMITH. Goldsmith, in The Deserted Village, has the lines : " 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish or may fade, A brt-ath can wuhe them, as a breath has made ; But a bold peasanlry, their country's pride,... | |
 | 1852 - 532 páginas
...the day may come when England may feel the want of their stout hearts and stalwart arms : — " 111 fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay." It is necessary ever to bear in mind, in working out any problem in political economy,... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1854 - 384 páginas
...stronger warning to BEWARE OF ROMANISM. BEATEICE. CHAPTER I. " One master grasps the whole domain ; III fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay.'' GOLDSMITH. IN the year 1820 an excellent bridle-road led to within twenty miles of Clanmp.rina,... | |
 | William Herbert - 1853 - 234 páginas
...cries ; Sunk are thy bow'rs in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,...thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish, or... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 380 páginas
...cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall ; __ And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand. Far, far away thy children leave the land. HI fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, 8 Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : * Princes... | |
 | Alexander Marjoribanks - 1853 - 504 páginas
...their last, And took a long farewell, and wish'd in vain For seats like these beyond the western main. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; F Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade — A breath can make them, as a breath has... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 524 páginas
...cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,...thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 348 páginas
...cries : Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, i And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,...thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or... | |
 | William Collins - 1854 - 430 páginas
...cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,...thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may... | |
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Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can... 
