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
| John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 616 pages
...their Queen: This racks the joints, this fires the veins, 85 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. 90 To each his sufferings: all are men, Condemn'd alike... | |
| Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 528 pages
...their queen. This racks the joints, this fires the veins, 85 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. 9o To each his sufferings; all are men, Condemned alike... | |
| Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 506 pages
...their queen. This racks the joints, this fires the veins, 85 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. go To each his sufferings; all are men, Condemned alike... | |
| 1908 - 376 pages
...Adversity 173 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... | |
| Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 pages
...their queen: This racks the joints; this fires the veins; 85 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. 90 To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemned alike... | |
| Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 pages
...queen : This racks the joints; this fires the veins; 85 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. 9° To each his suff'rings ; all are men, Condemned alike... | |
| William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1909 - 1334 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... | |
| Anna Callender Brackett - American poetry - 1909 - 374 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, Condemned alike to... | |
| Thomas Gray - Democracy - 1909 - 168 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 every labouring finew ftrains, * Madnefs laughing in his ireful mood. Dryden's Fable ofPalamon and Arcitc. PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE.... | |
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