 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 glebe...  Advanced Reading Book: Literary and Scientific - Page 377by Advanced reading book - 1860 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 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 th' inevitable hour, — The paths of glory lead — but to the grave ! Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If... | |
 | Asa Humphrey - 1847 - 238 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure f 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 the inevitable hour — The paths... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bowed 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 ere gave, Await alike the inevitable hour : — TBSLpaths... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1848 - 56 pages
...Their harrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke. How jocund did they drive their team a-field ! How bowed 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... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team a-field ! How bowed 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 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 the' inevitable hour, The paths... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 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 pow'r, And all that beaut}', all that wealth, e'er gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour : The paths... | |
 | 1851 - 278 pages
...shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly hed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply...Wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry... | |
 | Henry Drury - 1851 - 386 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team a-field ! How bowed 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield 1 How bowed 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... | |
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