Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, 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... Annual Report of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture - Page 335by Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1896Full view - About this book
| 1792 - 112 pages
...far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land , to haft'ning ills a prey ; , Where wealth accumulates , and men decay : Princes and Lords may...breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peafantry, their country's pride, When once deftroy'd , can never be fupply'd. A time there was... | |
| 1800 - 322 pages
...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...breath can make them, as' a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supply'd. A time there was,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pages
...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...breath can make them, as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy 'd, can never be supplied. A time there was,... | |
| Thomas Baldwin - 1802 - 68 pages
...satisfaction. In his deliberate judgment ; « '"Hi fares the land, to hart'ning ills a prey, "Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes and lords may...breath can make them, as a breath has made- : But a bold peasantry their country's pride, When once destroy *d, can never be supplied.'* It is an intelligent,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...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...breath can make them, as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy 'd, can never be supplied. A time there was,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...Far, far away thy children leave the land. 711 feres the land, to hast'ning ills d prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and lords may...breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy 'd can never be supply'd. A time there was,... | |
| 1806 - 330 pages
...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...breath can make them, as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy 'd, can never be supply'd. A time there was,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...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...breath can make them, as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supply'd. A time there was,... | |
| English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...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...breath can make them, as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supply'd. A time there was,... | |
| Arthur Edmondston - 1809 - 388 pages
...of the heart, and our best associations. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes and lords may...breath can make them, as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy 'd can never be supplied. But even on the... | |
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