 | 1792 - 112 σελίδες
...fpoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land , to haft'ning ills a prey ; , Where wealth accumulates , and men decay...breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peafantry, their country's pride, When once deftroy'd , can never be fupply'd. A time there was , ere... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 σελίδες
...And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. / 111 fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth...men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made : K But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 σελίδες
...; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth...men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has madp : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 σελίδες
...: And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth...men decay. Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can muke them, as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 σελίδες
...trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand. Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill feres fade ; A breath can make them as a breath lla»4nadc : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 σελίδες
...no more ; His best companions, innocence and health ; And his best riches, ignorance of weaIth. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth...breath can make. them, as a breath has made : But a holil peasa. fry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supply'd. Bui times are... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1817 - 604 σελίδες
...encourage them to abandon their native soil. Alas I • • "III fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, - . Where wealth accumulates, and men decay....them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, a country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied." In these verses, Sir, is much of sound... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 σελίδες
...wall, And, trembling, shrinking from the spoilei's hand Far, far away, thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth...men decay. Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, at a breath has made : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, "V.'lit'H... | |
 | 1845 - 816 σελίδες
...says Sismondi, " in the well-known lines of Goldsmith — < 1ll fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay ! Princes and lords may flourish or may fade — A breath may make them as a breath has made ; Bat a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 σελίδες
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land. Ill fares the laud, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Princes...breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry—their country's pride— When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was,... | |
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Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made ;w But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can... 
