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" 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 432
by Charles Joseph Barnes - 1884 - 240 pages
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The Rural Poetry of the English Language: Illustrating the Seasons and ...

Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 pages
...yield ; Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams afield ! of every leaf, that can endure The winter's frown,...from his shrewd bite, Lire there, and prosper. Those power, And all that beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Await, alike, tho inevitable hour ; The paths...
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A collection of poems from various authors, fo young persons

Collection - 1856 - 120 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...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 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...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, Volume 2

Thomas Gray - 1858 - 196 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 beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of...
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The Class Book, Etc

John Guy (Schoolmaster.) - 1858 - 248 pages
...climb his knees, the envied kiss to share. How jocund did they drive their teams 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...
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Œuvres, suivies des œuvres de M. J. de Chénier

Jean François Ducis - 1859 - 758 pages
...Their harrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their leam afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not Ambition...simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, (he pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the', inevitable hour,...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke j 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 boast of Heraldry,...
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Poets of England and America; being selections from the best authors of both ...

England - 1860 - 532 pages
...shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply...stroke ! Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely j oys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short and...
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Advanced Reading Book: Literary and Scientific

Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 pages
...Their 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, i The paths...
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Pearls from the poets: specimens selected, with biogr. notes, by H.W. Dulcken

Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 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 ere gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour ; — The paths...
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