 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure! [smile Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful The short and simple 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 Emerson - 1832 - 122 Seiten
...Tbat heaven may be one Sabbath without end. 50 But now his steps a welcome sound recalls ; How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homeh I destiny obscure ; 30 Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile. The short and simple... | |
 | Peter Mackenzie - 1833 - 252 Seiten
...useful toil, Tbeir 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 the inevitable hour : The paths... | |
 | Peter Mackenzie - 1833 - 350 Seiten
...useful toil, Their homely joys and destiny obscure, Nor grandeur hear, with a disdainful »mile, 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 the inevitable hour : The paths... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 Seiten
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke'; How jocund0 did they drive their team a-field'! How bowed 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... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 Seiten
...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 joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 Seiten
...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 e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour ; The paths... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 Seiten
...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' , e'er gave,, | 'Await, alike, the inevitable hour,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 Seiten
...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... | |
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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 has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How... 
