 | English poetry - 1844 - Страниц: 108
...harrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team a-field ! How bowed 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 the inevitable hour : The paths... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Страниц: 738
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team a-field! How bowed power, And. all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: — The paths... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Страниц: 746
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund diil they drive their team a-field! How bowed tenderness excites the tear, By the late image of...soon more keen to sting from this suspension brief ! poweV, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: — The paths... | |
 | Leonor de Almeida Portugal Lorena e Lencastre Alorna (Marquesa de) - 1844 - Страниц: 298
...their useful toil, Their homely joys and destiny obscure, Nor Grandeur hcar with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor, The boast of...alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud ! impute to these the fault. If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - Страниц: 454
...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...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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - Страниц: 490
...lsbourers — the reapers, the ploughmen, &c. How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not ambition...smile The short and simple annals of the poor. [The thoughtless1 world to majesty may bow, Exalt the brave, and idolize success ; But more to innocence... | |
 | Book - 1847 - Страниц: 216
...clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. 104 ELEGY. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply...grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long - drawn aisle and fretted vault... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - Страниц: 344
...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...grave ! Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tombs no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault,... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1847 - Страниц: 140
...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...smile The short and simple annals of the poor." The world may never even hear of their names ; yet they have done their day's work, their duty to their... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - Страниц: 444
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team a-field ! How bowed 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 the inevitable hour: — The paths... | |
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For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her 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 oft the stubborn... 
