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" THE rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick, and stone, and gold, And he inherits soft white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold, Nor dares to wear a garment old ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. The... "
Pushing to the Front: Or, Success Under Difficulties; a Book of Inspiration ... - Page 53
by Orison Swett Marden - 1894 - 312 pages
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 22

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 648 pages
...these stanzas from ' Tht HeritagtJ one of Mr. LOWKI,L'S latest efforts, every way admirable ? ' Tns rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick,...white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold, Nor dares to wear a garment old : A heritage, it seems to me. One would not care to hold in fee. * The...
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The North American Review, Volume 58

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1844 - 574 pages
...meaning at all, have an assuming one. We close our extracts with the fine poem called " The Heritage." " THE rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick,...white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold, Nor dares to wear a garment old ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. " The...
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Poems

James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 308 pages
...unshent, With a world- wide throe, Heaves to and fro From continent to continent. 1842. THE HERITAGE. THE rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick,...white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold. Nor dares to wear a garment old ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. The...
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Poems

James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 pages
...unshent, With a world-wide throe, Heaves to and fro From continent to continent. 1&J2. THE HERITAGE. THE rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick,...white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold, Nor dares to wear a garment old ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. The...
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The American Common-school Reader and Speaker: Being a Selection of Pieces ...

John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...the souls of those who shed it ! LESSON CXLIX. THE RICH MAN'S SON, AND THE TOOK MAN'f SON. JR LOWELL. The rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick,...white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold ; 6 Nor dares to wear a garment old : A heritage, it seems to me, One would not care to hold in fee...
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The Methodist new connexion magazine and evangelical repository, Volume 75

1872 - 812 pages
...caused me, on my knees, to say, 'Our Father, which art in heaven.' " portrp. THE HERITAGE. BY JR LOWELL. THE rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick;...white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold, Nor dares to wear a garment old : A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. The...
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Dwight's American Magazine, Volume 3

Theodore Dwight - 1847 - 838 pages
...preserves. — Mag. of Horticul. THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE. IP tan« The Pnor and Rich. BY JAS. K. LOWELL. The rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick and stone and gold, And lie inherits soil while hands, And lender flesh that fears the cold, Nor (¡ares lo wear a garment...
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The Popular Educator, Volume 6

1855 - 424 pages
...THE POOR MANS SON. BY JB LOWELL. The rich man's eon inherits lands, And piles of brick, and »tone, and gold ; And he inherits soft, white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold ; Nor dares to wear a garment old : A heritage, it seems to me, One would not care to hold in fee. The rich...
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pages
...quiet slumber. Efet Sargent, The rieh man's son inherits lands, And piles of briek, and stone,iand gold, And he inherits soft white hands, And tender flesh that fears the eold, Nor dares to wear a garment old : A heritage, it seems to me, One searee would wish to hold in...
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1856 - 624 pages
...heart and true, And quiet slumber. Epes Sargent. The rieh man's son inherits lands, And piles of briek, and stone, and gold, And he inherits soft white hands, And tender flesh that fears the eold, Nor dares to wear a garment old : A heritage, it seems to me, One searee would wish to hold in...
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