 That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage: Lo! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings: all are men, Condemned alike to groan; The tender for another's pain,...  Poems by Mr. Gray - Page 31by Thomas Gray - 1768 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1874 - 588 pages
...their queen ;. This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage. Lo ! Poverty ! to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age." Whether we 'read the ' Hymn to Adversity,' or ' The Progress... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1860 - 720 pages
...their Queen : This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every laboring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo, Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufi' rings : all aro men, Condemn'il alike... | |
 | Education - 1860 - 718 pages
...their Queen : This racks the joint«, this flres the veins, That every laboring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo, Poverty, to fill the band, That nnmbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufl'rings : all are men, Condemn'd... | |
 | James Thomson - Gift books - 1861 - 480 pages
...their queen: This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage: Lo ! poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming age. To each his sufTrings: all are men Condemn'd alike to groan... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...their Queen : This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo, Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to... | |
 | Henry Twells - 1862 - 262 pages
...their queen: This racks their joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage ; Lo, poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand ; And slow consuming age. To each his sufferings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1863 - 456 pages
...years beneath A griefly troop are feen, The painful family of Death, More hideous than their queen : This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That...with icy hand, And flow-confuming Age. To each his fufFrings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...their queen: This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every laboring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage: Lo! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings: all are men, Condemn'd alike to... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1863 - 304 pages
...their queen : This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo, Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his suff rings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...their queen : This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage ; Lo ! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings ; all are men Condemn'd alike to... | |
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