 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscurej Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short ami simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that weal.h e'er gave, •wait alike th' inevitable hour, The paths... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 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 pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour; — The paths... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - Bibliography - 1812 - 370 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 pornp of pow'r, And all that beauty all that wealth e'ervgave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 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...wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour : Th* paths of glory lead — but to the grav«. • Nor you, ye proud, impute lo these a fault, If... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their teams a-field i How bow'd 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, Await alike th' inevitable hour ; The paths... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams 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... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; SO 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, VARIATIONS. Ver. 25. Sickle] Sickles, Ms. W.... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 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...Await, alike the inevitable hour: . % The paths of gJory lead — but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these a fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb... | |
 | England - 1845 - 816 pages
...to every body : — "The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beanty, all that weallh e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave." And the following, we believe, though quoting from a thirty-three years' recollection... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...Theirfurrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jrcund did they drive their tea.na field ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not ambition...alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead — but 'o the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these a fault, If mem'ry o er their tomb no trophies... | |
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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... 
