 | James Johnson - 1806 - 154 páginas
...<•>-*-»•> ther, who was to restore tranquillity and prosperity to this dis1805. traded colmtry! Nov. " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, " And all...wealth e'er gave, " Await alike th' inevitable hour, " 'f he paths of glory lead but to the grave!" This great Statesman and General died at the village... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 páginas
...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 bow'd...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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 páginas
...useful toil. Their homely joys and destiny obscure i Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile. The is hoard. But now, with sudden qualms possest, He wrings his hands, he beals ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fuult, If mem'ry... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | Joseph Jefferson (Independent minister.) - 1809 - 38 páginas
...all-subduing death, we are reminded of that fine stanza of Gray's Elegy, written in a country churchyard; The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all...wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. The ancient family of the Cufaudes had a vault also in this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 páginas
...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...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 Janes - 1810 - 336 páginas
...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 bow'd...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 686 páginas
...temnat opus! Nec fronte rxcipiat ventosa Superlii.i torví Pauperis aúnales, liistoriasque breves ! The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all...wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 páginas
...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...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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For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care : 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... 
