 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
 | Henry Philip Tappan - 1852 - 318 pages
...yield, 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 mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple... | |
 | 1862 - 1406 pages
...yield ; Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broku . How jocund did Ihey drive their team a-field! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke. Let not ambition mock their nseful toil, Their homely joys anil destiny obscure ; Kor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1853 - 456 pages
...toil, | Their homely joys, and destiny obscure1 ; | 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 beau'ty, all that wealth1 , e'er gave,, | Await, alike, the inevitable hour,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 384 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 ; so Var. V. 24. Or] Nor. Ms. W. V. 25. Sickle] Sickles. Ms.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1854 - 102 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 alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pages
...yield ; Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams afield ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 278 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 of... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 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-simple... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pages
...yield ; Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams afield ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty,... | |
 | 1855 - 458 pages
...yield ; Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams afield ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty,... | |
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