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" 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 annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,... "
The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland - Page 339
by Abraham Mills - 1851
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A Book for a Corner; Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from ..., Volumes 1-2

Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 470 pages
...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...The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, y( proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, through the...
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First collection of instructive extracts

Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe ha^ broke : How jocund did they drive their team a-field ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not ambition...The paths of glory lead — but to the grave. Nor yon, ye proud, impute to these the fault If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, through...
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A Book for a Corner: Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from Authors the Best ...

1852 - 248 pages
...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...— The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor yon, yc proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, through...
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Choice descriptive poetry, selected by a lady

Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 pages
...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...alike, the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead — but to the grave. ' THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST." YES, it must moulder in the grave, This...
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The Class Book of Poetry

Class-book - 1852 - 152 pages
...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...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...
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Appendicia Et Pertinentiae; Or, Parochial Fragments Relating to the Parish ...

John Wood Warter - 1853 - 408 pages
...yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe hath broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! "...alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave." Without trees, without shade, there is something very beautiful in such a retired...
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Appendicia Et Pertinentiae: Or, Parochial Fragments Relating to the Parish ...

John Wood Warter - 1853 - 390 pages
...yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe hath broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke !...alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave." Without trees, without shade, there is something very beautiful in such a retired...
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The book of celebrated poems

Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team a-field ! How bow'd the woods beneath the'r sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful...alike the inevitable hour: — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. q Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies...
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An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

Thomas Gray - 1854 - 102 pages
...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...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 th' inevitable hour. The paths of...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1855 - 442 pages
...yield ; Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team a-field ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke !...alike the inevitable hour: — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the...
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