 | Thomas Warton - 1753 - 164 pages
...fhare. K Oft did the harveft to their fickle yield, Their furrow oft the ftubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their fturdy ftroke! Let not ambition mock their ufeful toil, Their homely joys, and deftiny obfcure ; Nor... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1753 - 164 pages
...mare. K Oft did the harveft to their fickle yield, Their furrow oft the ftubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bow'd the woods beneath their fturdy ftroke ! Let not ambition mock their ufeful toil, Their homely joys, and deftiny obfcure ; Nor... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1753 - 168 pages
...obfcure; Nor grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and funple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory, lead but to the grave. Forgive, ye... | |
 | Collection - 1755 - 378 pages
...to fhare. Oft did the harveft to their fickle yield, Their furrow oft the ftubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bow'd the woods beneath their fturdy ftroke! Let not Ambition mock their ufcful toil, Their homely joys, and deftiny obfcure; Nor... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 384 pages
...to fhare. Oft did the harveft to their fickle yield, Their furrow oft the ftubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their fturdy Aroke t Let not Ambition mock their ufeful toil, Their homely joys, and deftiny obfcure ; Nor... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - 1762 - 308 pages
...i 2 Quam Oft did the harveft to their fickle yield, Their furrow oft the ftubborn glebe has broke I How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their fturdy ftroket Let not ambition mock their ufeful toil, Their homely joys, and deftiny obfcure ; Nor... | |
 | John Newbery - 1762 - 292 pages
...obfcure ; Nor grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. E Forgive, ye... | |
 | 1764 - 236 pages
...the departed poor, and again cloathes a juft reflection in the moft poetic language. The The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, . , And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th'inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave; Thefe lines are... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 412 pages
...mare. Ofc Oft did the harveft to their fickle yield, Their furrow oft the ftubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield ' How bow'd the woods beneath their fturdy ftroke ! Let not Ambition mock their ufeful toil, Their homely joys, and deftiny obfcure ; Nor... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...to mare. Oft did the harveft to their fickle yield, Their furrow oft the ftubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their fturdy ftroke ! Let not Ambition mock their ufeful toil, Their homely joys, and dcffiny obfcure ; Nor... | |
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Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. 
