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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 Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages ... - Page 80
by Thomas Gray - 1799 - 186 pages
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A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment ...

Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...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, the inevitable hour,...
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An Essay on Elocution, Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1842 - 386 pages
...useful toil', Their homely joys and destiny obscure'; Nor grandeur bear', 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'erJ gave', Await', alike', the inevitable hour';...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund diil they drive their team a-field! How bowed tenderness excites the tear, By the late image of...soon more keen to sting from this suspension brief ! poweV, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: — The paths...
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English poetry, for use in the schools of the Collegiate institution ...

English poetry - 1844 - 108 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...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team a-field! How bowed power, And. all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: — The paths...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 454 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...
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Studies in English poetry [an anthology] with biogr. sketches and notes by J ...

Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...lsbourers — the reapers, the ploughmen, &c. How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not ambition...smile The short and simple annals of the poor. [The thoughtless1 world to majesty may bow, Exalt the brave, and idolize success ; But more to innocence...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 456 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 mock their useful toil, Their homely joys and destiny obscure j Nor Grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short and simple...
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The rhetorical reader, consisting of choice specimens of oratorical ...

John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...furrow oft/ the stubborn glebe has br'oke : How jocund did they driv'e/ their team a-field ! How bowed the w'oods/ beneath their st'urdy stro'ke ! Let not ambiti'on/ mock their useful to'il, Their homely joy's/, and destiny obsc'ure ; Nor graAndeur h'ear (with a disdainful s'mile) The sho'rt...
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Poetry for Home and School ...

1846 - 436 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, Await alike the inevitable hour ; The paths...
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