Molten, graven, hammered and rolled ; Heavy to get and light to hold ; Hoarded, bartered, bought and sold. Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled : Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old, To the very verge of the church-yard mold ; Price of many a crime... Exercises for Parsing and Analysis - Page 117by Augusta Choate, Gertrude Hartman - 1912 - 157 pagesFull view - About this book
| Marcius Willson - 1862 - 558 pages
...Therefore it is that For gold the merchant plows the main, The farmer plows the manor.— HUB.NS. 3. Gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold,...Heavy to get, and light to hold, Hoarded, bartered, hought, and Bold, Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled, Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1863 - 552 pages
...For gold the merchant plows the main, The farmer plows the manor. — BUBKS. 3- Gold I gold! goldl Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven,...the old To the very verge of the church-yard mould; Pride of many a crime untold: Goldl gold! gold! gold! Good or bad a thouaand-fold. How widely Its uses... | |
| Samuel Martin - 1863 - 352 pages
...Thomas Hood sing, — Hood, with laughter always on his lip, and with seriousness ever in his soul, — "Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven, hammer' d, and roll'd ; Heavy to get and light to hold ; Hoarded, bartered, hought and sold, Stolen,... | |
| Matilda Charlotte Houstoun - 1863 - 348 pages
...cause was almost entirely a personal one, he had a right to feel in some degree ashamed. 42 CHAPTER IV. 'Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven, hammer'd, and roll'd ; Heavy to get, and light to hold ! ' — HOOD. A LOVELY night followed on that... | |
| John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pages
...imperceptible water. Miss Kilmansegg. Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold. Her Moral. Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould. Ibi:L How widely its agencies vary — To save — to ruin — to curse — to bless — As even its... | |
| George H. STRUTT - 1866 - 260 pages
...and strength to endure, My health, and my honour, how can I be poor ? Charles Mackay, CXXIV. GOLD. Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and...the very verge of the churchyard mould : Price of manv a crime untold : Gold! Gold!" Gold! Gold! Good or bad a thousand-fold ! How widely its agencies... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 pages
...earthly power doth then show likeit God'*, When mercy seasons justice. QUICK. Gold! gold I gold! gold I Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven,...Hoarded, bartered — bought and sold; Stolen, borrowed, Kquandered, doled; Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old, To the very verge of the churchyard... | |
| Rosalie Miller Murphy - 1867 - 348 pages
...ardently craves more. Hood well delineatcs that avaricious spirit of gain in bis tirade on gold— " Gold, gold, gold, gold, Bright and yellow, hard and cold,' Molten, graven, hammered, rolled, Heavy to get and light to hold ; Iloarded, bartered, bought and sold, Stolen, borrowed, squandered,... | |
| Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1867 - 296 pages
...to cover them ; all this calls to mind the striking lines of our genial poet and satirist, Hood — Gold ! gold ! gold ! gold ! Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven, hammer'd and roll'd : Heavy to get, and light to hold ; Hoarded, barter'd, squander'd, doled : Spurn'd... | |
| James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 492 pages
...As the touchstone trieth gold, so gold trieth men's minds, whether they be good or bad. — Chilon. Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven, hammer'd, and roll'd ; Heavy to get, and light to hold ; Hoarded, barter'd, bought, and sold ; Stolen,... | |
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