 My soul turn from them, turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display, Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread; No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 4921865Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Irish Literature (in English) - 1854 - 348 pages
...to chance ; When noble aims have suffered long control, They sink at last, or feebly man the soul. Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread : No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword ; No vernal... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1855 - 582 pages
...with a smile. My soul, turn from them ! turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display, Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread : No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword ; No vernal... | |
 | 1855 - 540 pages
...soul, turn from them, turn we to survey "Where rougher climes a nobler race display, Where the black Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread; No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword. no No vernal... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...the forest walks, Beneath th' umbrageous multitude of leaves. THOMSON. THE SWISS PEASANT. < i HERE the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread. No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter, lingering, chills the lap of May ; No zephyr... | |
 | James H. Pickford - Hygiene - 1858 - 336 pages
...eg, the Highlander and the Swiss. " Turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display ; Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread ; No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword." 1236. Valleys... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...with a smile. My soul turn from them, turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display, Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread; No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword ; No vernal blooms... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1859 - 512 pages
...soul, turn from them ! turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display, Where the weak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread. No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword ; No vernal blooms... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1862 - 328 pages
...with a smile. My soul, turn from them; turn we to survey "Where rougher climes a nobler race display; Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread: No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword; No vernal blooms... | |
 | Truman Rickard - English language - 1863 - 152 pages
...— GOLDSMITH. My soul, turn from them, turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display, Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread ; No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword: But winter... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...ill. ****** 4 My soul, turn from them, turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display ; Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread. No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword. No vernal blooms... | |
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