 That every labouring sinew strains. Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain,...  Rhoda: A Novel - Page 13by Alethea Lewis - 1816Full view - About this book
 | William Nugent Glascock - 1838 - 992 pages
...enumerating all the evils which flesh is heir to, he exclaims with a kind of sacerdotal solemnity — " Lo ! Poverty to fill the band. That numbs the soul with icy hand ! " The present victims of this dread influence (a bereaved wife and an infant in arms) were, alas... | |
 | Archibald Swinton, Scotland. High Court of Justiciary - Alexander Family - 1839 - 518 pages
...before them —calling to their parent for bread, and lo, he has nothing to give them but a stone— " Lo! Poverty, to fill the band That numbs the soul with icy hand, An^l slow consuming Age." And when I look forward to the future, I trust I see a prosped that his mind... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo, Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. . To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan : The tender for... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo ! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan; The tender for... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...joints ; this fires the veins ; That ev'ry lab'ring sinew strains ; Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo ! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan — The tender for... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : . ankind. slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemned alike to groan ; The tender for... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near, So light slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemned alike to groan ; The tender for... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 324 pages
...joints, this fires the veins* That every labouring sinew si rains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo, Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy handy And slow- consuming Age. To each his suff'rings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan ; The... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...it is believed that no other such instance occurs in our language. Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo ! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings ; all are men, Condemned alike to groan, The tender for... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage ; Lo, poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand; And slow i•.imsinaiai; age. To each his sufferings ; ail are men, Condemned alike to groan : The tender for... | |
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