...the songs of Ossian.' He then repeated these lines : ' Verse sweetens toil, however rude the found. ' All at her work the village maiden sings ; ' Nor,...around, ' Revolves the sad vicissitude of things." I thought I had heard these lines before. — Johnson. ' I fancy not, sir ; for they arc in a detached...

...VERSE sweetens toil, however rude the sound. She feels no biting pang the while she sings ; Nor, as she turns the giddy wheel around, Revolves the sad vicissitude of things. Richard Gifford. OH, thy bright eyes must answer now, When reason, with a scornful brow, Is mocking...

...it was so good that I transcribe the whole of it: 'Verse sweetens toil however rude the sound— And at her work the village maiden sings, Nor while she turns the giddy wheel around, Resolve the sad vicissitude of things.' Verse, it seems, can sweeten the toil of slaves in a tobacco...

...aristocratic or middle-class control has broken down under a democracy. TE KEBBEL. WORKERS' SONGS. Song sweetens toil, however rude the sound, All at her...wheel around, Revolves the sad vicissitude of things. GIFFAED. ISAAC D'IsRAELi, in his Curiosities of Literature, says, in speaking of the ' Songs of Trades,...

...Johnson was so found of quoting, and really it is so good that I will transcribe the whole of it — "Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound — All...she turns the giddy wheel around Revolves the sad vicissitudes of things."6 Verse it seems can sweeten the toil of slaves in a tobacco factory. "We encourage...

...Stephenson he belonged Who were his parents ? and when did he die ? EHM AUTHORS or QUOTATIONS WANTED. — 1. All at her work the village maiden sings, Nor, while...she turns the giddy wheel around, Revolves the sad vicissitudes of things. 2. In times of old, when time was young. 3. Satan now is wiser than of yore....