 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pàgines
...furrow oft/ the stubborn glebe has br'oke : How jocund did they driv'e/ their team a-field ! How bowed the w'oods/ beneath their st'urdy stro'ke ! Let not ambiti'on/ mock their useful to'il, Their homely joy's/, and destiny obsc'ure ; Nor graAndeur h'ear (with a disdainful s'mile) The sho'rt... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pàgines
...lsbourers — the reapers, the ploughmen, &c. 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... | |
 | 1846 - 436 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... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 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 th' inevitable hour, — The paths... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1847 - 140 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... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 pàgines
...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 mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple... | |
 | Asa Humphrey - 1847 - 238 pàgines
...Their harrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team a-field ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure f Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 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... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1848 - 56 pàgines
...Their harrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke. How jocund did they drive their team a-field ! 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... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 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... | |
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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... 
