Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" 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
Full view - About this book

The Rural Poetry of the English Language: Illustrating the Seasons and ...

Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 574 pages
...yield ; Their furrow oft the stubborn glebo has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams afield ! nks yon, ye proud ! impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through...
Full view - About this book

The Rural Poetry of the English Language: Illustrating the Seasons and ...

Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 pages
...yield ; Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams afield ! of every leaf, that can endure The winter's frown,...from his shrewd bite, Lire there, and prosper. Those power, And all that beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Await, alike, tho inevitable hour ; The paths...
Full view - About this book

A collection of poems from various authors, fo young persons

Collection - 1856 - 120 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 power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th'inevitable hour. The paths of...
Full view - About this book

Sketches of Lancashire Life and Localities

Edwin Waugh - 1857 - 256 pages
...farrow 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...Await alike the inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead—but to the grave. ' " Nor yon, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If "memory o'er their tomb...
Full view - About this book

Works ...

Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 466 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, yf proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, through the...
Full view - About this book

Œuvres, suivies des œuvres de M. J. de Chénier

Jean François Ducis - 1859 - 758 pages
...Their harrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their leam afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not Ambition...simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, (he pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the', inevitable hour,...
Full view - About this book

Advanced Reading Book: Literary and Scientific

Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 pages
...Their 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, i The paths...
Full view - About this book

The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 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 power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave Await alike th' inevitable hour :— The paths...
Full view - About this book

Literary Class Book; Or, Readings in English Literature: To which is ...

Robert Sullivan - 1861 - 532 pages
...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...Await, alike, the 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 their tomb no...
Full view - About this book

The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: English and Latin

Thomas Gray - 1863 - 304 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 power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour ; The paths...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF