 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 Seiten
...Their 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 mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 Seiten
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their team a-field ! 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... | |
 | George B. Scott - 1842 - 354 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 pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of... | |
 | Leonor de Almeida Portugal Lorena e Lencastre Alorna (Marquesa de) - 1844 - 298 Seiten
...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 heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour: The paths... | |
 | William Collins - 1844 - 324 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 th' inevitable hour : — The paths... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 Seiten
...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 mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...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 her parent's grief, And half Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team a-field! How bowed Their homely joye, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 454 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 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 j 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... 
