 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 526 pages
...he shap'd the bending shoe. GAY'S Trivia. 2. Oft did the harvest to the sickle yield, Their harrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did...a-field, How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! GRAY'S Elegy. 3. He trudg'd along, unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...the steed he shap'd the bending shoe. GAY'S 2. Oft did the harvest to the sickle yield, Their harrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did...a-field, How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! GRAY'S Elegy. 3. He trudg'd along, unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of... | |
 | Asa Humphrey - Literature - 1847 - 238 pages
...Their harrow 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 mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure f Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1849 - 446 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! 30 How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys and destiny obscure; Nor Grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short and simple... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...Or busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children run. to lisp their sire's return, Or climb hia knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest...! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke I Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...harrow 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 mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her ev'ning care : No children run to lisp their sire's return,...! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! The boast of Heraldry, the pomp of Pow'r, And all that Beauty, all that Wealth e'er gave, Await alike... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1851 - 378 pages
...return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, 35 Their furrow oft the .stubborn glebe has broke : How...strOke . Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; .*i Var. V. 24. Or] Nor. Ms. W. V. 25. Sickle] Sickles. Ms.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; ยก How jocund did they drive their team a-field! How bowed Their homely joys, and destiny obscure f Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1851 - 380 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their team afield ! Ho w bo w'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke . Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; so Var. V. 24. Or] Nor. Ms. W. V. 25. Sickle] Sickles. Ms.... | |
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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... 
