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...care : Nor children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. : Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield ; Their...glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not ambition mock their useful...

...Oft did the harvest to their siekle yield, Then- furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How joeund did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not ambition moek their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obseure ; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful...

...pudica mulier in partem juvans Domum atque dulces liberos, Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, 25 Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely...

...evening care ; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike the' inevitable hour : The paths...

...evening care ; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share! Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield; Their furrow...of the poor.— The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour— The paths...

...knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield ; Their harrow oft their stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! Howbow'd the woodsbeneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely...

...rank, expressed a similar view more picturesquely in his "Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard": Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow...sturdy stroke! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor Grandeur hear with disdainful smile The short and simple...

...evening care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour: Nor you, ye...

...evening care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield. Their furrow...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th'inevitable hour. The paths of...