 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 pages
...useful toil', Their homely joys and destiny obscure'; Nor grandeur bear', with a disdainful smile', The short and simple annals of the poor'. The boast of heraldry', the pomp of power', And all that beauty', all that wealth' . . e'erJ gave', Await', alike', the inevitable hour';... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall bum, — The paths of glory leaU but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their harrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did...wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund diil nguish of her secret fear. He thinks that tenderness...soon more keen to sting from this suspension brief ! — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory... | |
 | William Collins - 1844 - 324 pages
...useful toil. Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple 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... | |
 | Leonor de Almeida Portugal Lorena e Lencastre Alorna (Marquesa de) - 1844 - 298 pages
...their useful toil, Their homely joys and destiny obscure, Nor Grandeur hcar with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor, The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour: The paths... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 454 pages
...burn, Nor busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children run to lisp their sire's return, <>r climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest...wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour ; — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys and destiny obscure j Nor Grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour ; — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor yon, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 pages
...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 ! 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 th' inevitable hour ; The paths... | |
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How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! 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. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,... 
