 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pàgines
...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... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pàgines
...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 Grandenr hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pàgines
...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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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... 
