 | 1809 - 402 pàgines
...pi essttre of contiguous pride? If to some common's fenceless limits $lr;iy'd, He drivts his tlock to pick the scanty blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And « x >• the bare- worn common is denied. If to the city speed — what waits him thcrf ? To see profusion... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 pàgines
...surprise ; While scourged by famine from the smiling la The mournful peasant leads his humble tand ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden, and a grave. C 83 ] HENRY BAKER. 1774. From his poems, published in two volumes, 17-25, and 1 725. He was the confidential... | |
 | 1809 - 488 pàgines
...surprise : While, scourg'd by famine from the smiling land, The mournful peasant leads his humble band; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country...Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And even the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped— What waits him there ? To see profusion... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pàgines
...surprise ; While, scourg'd by famine from the smiling land, The mournful peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country...fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, " And ev'n the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped— what waits him there ? To see profusion... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 pàgines
...peasant leads his humble band ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms—a garden, and a grave. Where then, ah ! where shall...Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide. And ev'n the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped—what waits him there ? To see profusion... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pàgines
...surprise, While, sormrg'db) famine from the smilingland The mournful peasant leads his humble land ; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country...contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless limits Mray'd, He drives his flock to nick the scanty blade, Those fenreJt- «s fields the sons of wealth... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pàgines
...palaces surprise; , srnnrg'd by famine from the smiling land, The mournful peasant leads his humble band; And while he sinks, without one arm to save* The country blooms— a garden and a grave. Where then, ah ! There shall poverty reside. To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride ? If to some common's fenceless... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 668 pàgines
...surprise ; While, ecourg'd by famine, from the smiling land The mournful peasant leads his humhle band; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country...fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped — What waits him there? To see profusion that he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 648 pàgines
...surprise ; While, «courg'd by famine, from the smiling land The mournful peasant leads his bumble band; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country...fenceless limits stray'd, He drives his flock to pick the seamy blade, Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And e'en the bare-worn common is deny'd.... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pàgines
...peasant leads his humble band ; And while he siuks, without one arm to save, The country blooms—a garden and a grave. Where then, ah ! where shall poverty...Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And ev'n the bare-worn common is deny'd. If to the city sped, what waits him there ? To see profusion that... | |
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And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden and a grave ! Where, then, ah ! where shall poverty reside, To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride? 
