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
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 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... | |
| Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...their queen ! This racks the joints ; this fires the veins ; That ev'ry lab'ring 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... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...their queen : This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those nd, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the char soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemned alike to... | |
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...their queen : This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those ally marked and divided from mankind. soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemned alike to... | |
| William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 324 pages
...their queen : This racks the joints, this fires the veins* That every labouring sinew si rains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo, Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy handy And slow- consuming Age. To each his suff'rings : all are men, Condemn'd alike... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...making Death feminine; and it is believed that no other such instance occurs in our language. 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... | |
| George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 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 i•.imsinaiai; age. To each his sufferings ; ail are men, Condemned alike... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 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, Condemned alike... | |
| Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...their queen : This racks the joints, this fires the vains, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo, Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul wilh icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to... | |
| Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 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... | |
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