 | 1851 - 278 pàgines
...shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly hed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply...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... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pàgines
...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 not Ambition...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry,5 the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth ere gave, Await alike the inevitable... | |
 | Class-book - 1852 - 152 pàgines
...for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. 83 The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow...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... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1853 - 456 pàgines
...toil, | Their homely joys, and destiny obscure1 ; | Nor grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile', | The short, and simple annals of the poor^ | The boast of heraldry, | the pomp of power, | And all that beau'ty, all that wealth1 , e'er gave,, | Await, alike, the inevitable hour,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 384 pàgines
...Georg. iii. 639. " Labour him with many a sturdy stroke." Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple 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. 35 The paths... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1854 - 102 pàgines
...I The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twitt'ring from the straw-built shed, о ' The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No...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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 278 pàgines
...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, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 pàgines
...yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy...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... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 pàgines
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams afield ! How bowed leaf, that can endure The winter's frown, if screened...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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1858 - 196 pàgines
...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 pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of... | |
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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,... 
