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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence with ... - Page 60
by Thomas Gray - 1807
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 456 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys and destiny obscure j 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...
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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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The English Prosody: With Rules Deduced from the Genius of Our Language, and ...

Asa Humphrey - Literature - 1847 - 238 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure f 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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Reading lessons for the higher classes in classical, middle and diocesan schools

William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 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 ere gave, Await alike the inevitable hour : — TBSLpaths...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...furrow 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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Exercises in English parsing

John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - English language - 1848 - 56 pages
...Their 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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The gift book of English poetry

English poetry - 1848 - 468 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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The literary class book; or, Readings in English literature

Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 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 pow'r, And all that beaut}', all that wealth, e'er gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour : The paths...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team a-fleld! 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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Poems for Young People

William Chambers - Children's poetry - 1851 - 200 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 of...
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