 | Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1802 - 444 pages
...ihe tyrant's hand is feen, , " And defolation fadiiens all thy green ; " And trembling;, (hrinking from the fpoiler's hand, " Far, far away thy children leave the land !" But it is far beyond the reach even of * Goldfmith's of Hainault. But, for many ages, the demon... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 366 pages
...in fhapelefs ruin all, And the long- grafs a'ertops the mould ring wall; And, trembling, f hrinking from the fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill tares the land, to haft'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates , and men decay : Princes and Lords... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall ; And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish, or... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall, And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ! Princes and lords may flourish, or... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 pages
...cries ; Sunk are thy bowers in fhapelefs ruin all, And the long grafs o'ertops the mould'ring wall; And, trembling, fhrinking from the fpoiler's hand,...haft'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and meu decay : Princes and lords may flouriih, or may fade — A breath can make them, as a breath has... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring waD, And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand. Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords, may flourish, or... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall : And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and lords may flourish, or... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall, And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Par, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 436 pages
...all, And the long grass o'ertops the monld 'ring wall, And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accnmnlates, and men decay. Princes and lords may flonrish, or... | |
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Where wealth, accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. 
