 | William Chambers - Children's poetry - 1851 - 200 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; The paths of... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team a-fleld! 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:— The paths... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 472 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield 1 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 ; — The... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 468 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield 1 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 ; — The paths... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...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...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry,5 the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth ere gave, Await alike the inevitable... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1851 - 380 pages
...33. " Very like," says the editor, (in a note to the Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. 35 The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure f Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The jl* jl*`&l* power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: — The paths... | |
 | Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 pages
...country and ite God. MBS. HEMANS. EXTRACT FROM AN ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. BENEATH these rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 470 pages
...yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy...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... | |
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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... 
