Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Poems by Mr. Gray - Page 127by Thomas Gray - 1775 - 136 pagesFull view - About this book
| English poets - 1790 - 372 pages
...pianger, die fi muore." DANTE. PURCAT. 1. 8. O 3 For For them no more the blazing hearth fhall bum. Or bufy houfewife ply her evening care :. No children...yield, Their furrow oft the ftubborn glebe has broke j How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their fturdy ftrokc i Let... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 428 pages
...evening care : No children run to lifp their fire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kifs to fbare. Oft did the harveft to their fickle yield, Their furrow...How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their fturdy ftrokcf Let not ambition mock their nfcfal toil, Their homely... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...evening care : Nor children run to lilp their fire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kifs to (hare. Oft did the harveft to their fickle yield; Their furrow...glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their te;uns aticld ! How bow'd the woods beneath their fturdy ftrOke I C 3 Let Let not ambition mock their... | |
| 1792 - 112 pages
...evening care : No children run to lifp their fire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kifs to share. Oft did the harveft to their fickle yield ; Their...glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their fturdy ftroke! Let not ambition mock their ufeful... | |
| T AGERTON - 1794 - 390 pages
...return, Or climb his knees the envied kifs to fhare. Oft did the harveft to their fickle yield, 25 Their furrow oft the ftubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bow'd the woods beneath their fturdy flroke ! Let not Ambition mock their ufeful toil, Their homely... | |
| Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1036 pages
...evening care : No children run to lifp their fire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kif» to lhare, Oft did the harveft to their fickle yield, Their furrow...broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bow'd the woods beneath their (lurdy ftrokH Let not ambition mock their ufeful toil, Their homely joys,... | |
| Scots poems - 1796 - 172 pages
...their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth fhall burn, Or bufy houfewife ply her ev'ning care ; No children run to lifp their fire's return,...How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd the woods be neath their fturdy ftroke ! Let not ambition mock their ufeful toil, Their homely... | |
| 1796 - 246 pages
...care; No children run to lifp their fire's return, •Or climb his knees, the envied kifs to fhare. 7 Oft did the harveft to their fickle yield; Their furrow...ftubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive the teams a-field ! How bow'd the woods beneath their fturdy ftroke I Xet not ambition mock their ufeful... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...evening care : Nor children run to hip tlu'ir fire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kifs to Ihart. Oft did the harveft to their fickle yield ; Their furrow oft the ftubborn glebe has bmke ; Wow jocund did they drive thçir teams afield ! HOW bovv'il the woods beneath thiir iiurdy ftroke... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1797 - 188 pages
...leur pere, ils ne grimperont plus fur leurs genoux pour fe partager le baifer, objet de leur envie. Oft' did the harveft to their fickle yield, Their furrow oft' the itubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bow'd the woods beneath... | |
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