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 has broke: How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bowed the woods beneath... Songs of Three Centuries - Page 45edited by - 1875 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bovv'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... | |
| English poetry - 1800 - 322 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 gaves Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 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 pow'r, And all that beauty , all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour; The paths... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 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... | |
| Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 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...smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The 'vast of heraldy, the pomp of power, .and all that beauty, all that wealth e!er gave, Await alike th'... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 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... | |
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 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 : ' .M The paths... | |
| 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... | |
| English poetry - 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... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 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... | |
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