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" Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, 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 mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny... "
A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ... - Page 596
by Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 762 pages
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages ...

Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening-care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied...: How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bovv'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

1800 - 322 pages
...their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her ev'ning care; No children run to lisp their sire's return,...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...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 pages
...flitts by on leathern wing, " Or where the beetle winds " His small but sullen horn." No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied...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...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return , Jj DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. Book vij. Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest...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...
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The grave, a poem. To which are added An elegy in a country church-yard, by ...

Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening-care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied...afield! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! i •. J Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, €)r busy housewife ply her ev'ning care, No children run to lisp their sire's return,...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...
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Poëmes ou morceaux détachés de differens auteurs anglais, traduits en vers ...

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 pages
...them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening-care; No children run to lisp their sire's return , Or climb his knees the...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...
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Poétique anglaise, Volume 3

Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening-care; No children run to. lisp :their sire's return , Or climb his knees the...glebe has broke: How jocund did they drive their team afiekl! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not ambition mock their useful rtoil ,...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...their sire's return. Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their-sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke;...bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not amhition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and desliny ohscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful...
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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...Forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twitt'ring from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion,...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...
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