For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn... Choice Literature: ... for Grammar Grades - Page 2481898Full view - About this book
| Thomas Branagan - 1815 - 376 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! Howbow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke.' Let not ambition...smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The biast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike th... | |
| William Scott - 1817 - 416 pages
...her evening carNo children run to lisp their sire's retu Or climb his knees, the envied ki«« to i_ Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield ; Their...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, alike the inevitable hour: . % The paths... | |
| Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team a-field ! How how'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not ambition...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour ; The paths... | |
| William Scott - 1820 - 434 pages
...yield ; Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their team a field ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke !...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, alike the inevitable hour : The paths... | |
| William Scott - 1820 - 422 pages
...yield ; Theirfurrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jrcund did they drive their tea.na field ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke !...of the poor. , The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, "And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, alike the inevitable hour : The paths... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1821 - 192 pages
...yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy...pomp of pow'r. And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike Hi' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 358 pages
...forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion,...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of... | |
| 1821 - 270 pages
...swallow, twitt'ring from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion or the echoing horn, l\o more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour ; The paths... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1821 - 196 pages
...their sire's return. Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their siekle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke:...pomp of pow'r. And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike ih' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 284 pages
...breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the strawbuiltshed, The cock's shrilf clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the' inevitable hour, The paths... | |
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