 How bow'd 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....  New National Third Reader - Page 432by Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke: How jocund did they drive their team afiekl! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not ambition mock their useful rtoil , Their homely joys , and destiny obscure ; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile , The short... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! 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 of... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...usual 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 Cf pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, ' Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beanty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not ambition...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await ajrle th' inevitable hour, The paths of... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams afield! How bo'w'd k, and trembles as he walks! Each lock and ev'ry bolt he tries, I n ev'ry creek a Their homely joys and destiny obscure i Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile. The short and simple... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! 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 of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ! How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiuy obscure; Kur Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bow'd 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 pages
...toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscurej Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short ami simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that weal.h e'er gave, •wait alike th' inevitable hour, The paths... | |
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