That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo, Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain,... A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes - Page 270edited by - 1755Full view - About this book
| William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...moody Madness laughing wild Amid severest wo. Lo, in the vale of years beneath A grisly troop are seen, The painful family of Death, More hideous than their...racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every lab'ring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo, Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1851 - 378 pages
...sc. 2 : " But rather moody mad." And act iii. sc.'.l : " Moody fury." Chaucer. Knyghte's Tale, 1152. The painful family of Death, More hideous than their...queen : This racks the joints, this fires the veins, n That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo ! Poverty, to fill the band,... | |
| George Frederick Graham - English literature - 1852 - 570 pages
...Madness laughing wild, Amid severest woe. Lo ! in the vale of years beneath, A grisly troop are seen, The painful family of Death, More hideous than their...joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo ! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul... | |
| Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 pages
...Madness, laughing wild Amid severest wo. Lo ! in the vale of years beneath, A grisly troop are seen, — The painful family of Death, , More hideous than their...joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage. Lo ! Poverty to fill the band, That numbs the soul... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 470 pages
...madness laughing wild Amidst severest woe. Lo, in the vale of years beneath A grisly troop are seen, The painful family of death, More hideous than their...racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every laboring sinew strains, Those in tho deeper vitals rage : Lo, poverty, to fill the band, That numbs... | |
| English literature - 1852 - 460 pages
...madness laughing wild Amidst severest woe. Lo, in the vale of years beneath A grisly troop are seen, The painful family of death, More hideous than their...racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every laboring sinew strains, Those in tho deeper vitals rage : Lo, poverty, to fill the band, That numbs... | |
| English literature - 1852 - 248 pages
...madness laughing wild Amidst severest woe. Lo, in the vale of years beneath A grisly troop are seen, The painful family of death, More hideous than their...racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every laboring sinew strains, Those in tho deeper vitals rage : Lo, poverty, to fill the band, That numbs... | |
| Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...moody Madness laughing wild Amid severest woe. Lo, in the vale of years beneath A grisly troop are seen The painful family of Death, More hideous than their queen : This racks the joints, this fires the vains, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo, Poverty, to fill the... | |
| Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...Madness laughing wild Amid severest woe. Lo ! in the vale of years beneath A grisly troop are seen, The painful family of Death, More hideous than their...joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo ! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1853 - 384 pages
...V. 81. "Deolin'd into the vale of years," Othello, act iii. sc. 3. Compare also Virg. lEn. vi. 275. The painful family of Death, More hideous than their...joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo ! Poverty, to fill the band, j That numbs the soul... | |
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