 | Selections - 1863 - 192 pages
...useful toil , Their homely joys and destiny obscure j Nor grandeur hear with-a-disdainful-smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...e'er gave , 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... | |
 | Lyrical gleanings - 1864 - 152 pages
...yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke !...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... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...harrow 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 of... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke !...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 Gray - 1866 - 298 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... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1867 - 336 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile 35 The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...alike the inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. 40 Nor you, ye Proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; 30 Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour ; 35 The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1869 - 306 pages
...yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has 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." Three years after the publication of this poem, to which he owes his fame, he lost... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1869 - 572 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! Let...the inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. CHAPTER VII. DAVID HUME. Born 1711 AD Died 1776 AD Boyhood of Hnme. Law and commerce.... | |
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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,... 
