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, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave.... The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns]. - Page 104by Book - 1847 - 186 pagesFull view - About this book
| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams afield ! How bowed 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, the inevitable hour; The paths... | |
| Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 574 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebo has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams afield ! How bowed 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, the inevitable hour ; The paths... | |
| Edwin Waugh - Lancashire (England) - 1857 - 256 pages
...yield; Their 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! "...of the poor. " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour; The paths of... | |
| English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...harrow 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...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour : The paths... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1857 - 464 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bowed 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, the inevitable hour ; — The paths... | |
| Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. 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, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour: Nor you, ye... | |
| Brian Short - History - 1992 - 260 pages
...shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. 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, Awaits alike th'inevitable hour. The paths of... | |
| Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 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 heraldry, the pomp of pow'r. And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths... | |
| Legislators - 1996 - 160 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 heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike the inevitable hour: The paths... | |
| William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team af1eld! How bowed 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, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths... | |
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