 IN an age of fops and toys, Wanting wisdom, void of right, Who shall nerve heroic boys To hazard all in Freedom's fight, — Break sharply off their jolly games, Forsake their comrades gay, And quit proud homes and youthful dames, For famine, toil, and...  May-day, and Other Pieces - Page 84by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1867 - 205 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1867 - 1052 pages
...tones than in those stops which open full upon us after the pathetic pleasing of his regrets : — " In an age of fops and toys, Wanting wisdom, void of...Freedom's fight, — Break sharply off their jolly game-, Forsake their comrades gay, And quit proud homes and youthful dames, For famine, toi!, and fray... | |
 | 1867 - 784 pages
...tones than in those stops which open full upon us after the pathetic pleasing of kis regrets : — " In an age of fops and toys, Wanting wisdom, void of...Freedom's fight, — Break sharply off their jolly game ,, Forsake their comrades gay, And quit proud homes and youthful dames, For famine, toil, and... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 516 pages
...willing to be led, Tor freedom he will strike and strive, And drain his heart till he be dead. III. IN an age of fops and toys, Wanting wisdom, void of...That waft the breath of grace divine To hearts in sloHi and ease. So nigh is grandenr to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 234 pages
...willing to be led, For freedom he will strike and strive, And drain his heart till he be dead. in. IN an age of fops and toys, Wanting wisdom, void of right, Wlio shall nerve heroic boys To hazard all in Freedom's fight, — Break sharply off their jolly games,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1881 - 224 pages
...pang your seed shall pay, Hide in false peace your coward head, I bring round the harvest-day.' n. FREEDOM all winged expands, Nor perches in a narrow...Freedom's fight, — Break sharply off their jolly games, F 01 sake their comrades gay, And quit proud homes and youthful dames, For famine, toil, and fray ?... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1881 - 224 pages
...willing to be led, For freedom he will strike and strive, And drain his heart till he be dead. m. IK an age of fops and toys, Wanting wisdom, void of right,...Freedom's fight, — Break sharply off their jolly games, Foisake their comrades gay, And quit proud homes and youthful dames, For famine, toil, and fray ? Yet... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 344 pages
...harvest-day." n. FREEDOM all winged expands, Nor perches in a narrow place ; Her broad van seeks unplanted lands ; She loves a poor and virtuous race. Clinging...homes and youthful dames, For famine, toil, and fray 1 Yet on the nimble air benign Speed nimbler messages, That waft the breath of grace divine To hearts... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 498 pages
...apples, and the Day Turned and departed silent. I, too late, Under her solemn fillet saw the scorn. DUTY. IN an age of fops and toys, Wanting wisdom, void of...homes and youthful dames, For famine, toil, and fray ? Dd Yet on the nimble air benign Speed nimbler messages, That waft the breath of grace divine To hearts... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1887 - 380 pages
...willing to be led, For freedom he will strike and strive, And drain his heart till he be dead. III. IN an age of fops and toys, Wanting wisdom, void of right, Who shall nerve heroic hoys To hazard all in Freedom's fight, — Break sharply off their jolly games, Forsake their comrades... | |
 | 1887 - 168 pages
...There is the true man's birthplace grand, His is a world- wide fatherland ! LOWELL (The Fatherland). 82 IN an age of fops and toys, "Wanting wisdom, void of right, Who shall move heroic boys To hazard all in Freedom's fight, — Break sharply off their jolly games, Forsake... | |
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