 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees, the envy'd kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle...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... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 282 pages
...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... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 286 pages
...Their homely joys, and destiny obscure : Nor Grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short aud 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... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...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...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 j — The... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1829 - 484 pages
...Their harrow 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...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... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How joruml did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd tbe woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not ambition...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... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team a-fleld ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke !...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth, c*er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The paths... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - Elocution - 1832 - 122 pages
...the hope,) 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 !...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Solemn, the knell from yonder ancient pile Fills... | |
 | Peter Mackenzie - Scotland - 1833 - 252 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
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For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care : 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... 
