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 glebe... Advanced Reading Book: Literary and Scientific - Page 377by Advanced reading book - 1860 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Gray - 1821 - 196 pages
...their sire's return. Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their siekle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke:...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 ih' inevitable hour: The paths of... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 284 pages
...breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the strawbuiltshed, The cock's shrilf clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse...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... | |
| 1822 - 418 pages
...their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her ev'ning care ; No children run to lisp their sire's return,...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 the inevitable hour, — -. The... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 584 pages
...Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their harrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did...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... | |
| William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense breathing mom, The swallow, twitt'ring from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion...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... | |
| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her ev'ning care : No children run to lisp their sire's return,...Wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield 1 ds among I woo to hear thy evening-song ; And power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour; The paths of... | |
| Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 460 pages
...Their harrow 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 the', inevitable hour, The paths... | |
| William Oxberry - 1824 - 402 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor grandeur hear « ith a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...wealth e'er gave. Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you ye proud, impute to these the f iuhr If Mem'ry o'er... | |
| William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...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...wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to These the fault, If Memory... | |
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