 | George Merriam - 1828 - 282 pàgines
...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, the inevitable hour : The paths... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pàgines
...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, the inevitable hour: — The... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 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... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 286 pàgines
...Their homely joys, and destiny obscure : Nor Grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short aud 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, the inevitable hour : The paths... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1829 - 484 pàgines
...Their harrow 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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pàgines
...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, Thr short and simple... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 pàgines
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How joruml did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd tbe 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... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 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... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pàgines
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team a-fleld ! 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... 
