O, poor man's son ! scorn not thy state ; There is worse weariness than thine, In merely being rich and great ; Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes rest fragrant and benign ; A heritage, it seems to me, Worth being poor to hold in fee. The North American Review - Σελίδα 299επεξεργασία από - 1844Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 σελίδες
...fellow-feeling that is sure To make the outcast bless the door ; A heritage, it seems to me, A king might wish ; Say, for my comfort, languishing in bed, Just so...Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Pope. well-fill'd past ; A heritage, it seems to me, Well worth a life to hold in fee. — Lowell. 1796.... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 σελίδες
...merely being rich and great ; Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes l'est fragrant and benigu ; A heritage, it seems to me, Worth being poor to hold...to some six feet of sod, Are equal in the earth at hist ; Both, children of the same dear Ood, Prove title to your hcirship vast By record of a well-filled... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 362 σελίδες
...man's son ! scorn not thy state ; There is worse weariness than thine In merely being rich and great: Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes rest...heritage, it seems to me, Worth being poor to hold in fee 9. Both, heirs to some six feet of sod, Are equal in the earth at last; Both, children of the same... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1880 - 662 σελίδες
...man's son I scorn not thy state ; There is worse weariness than thine, In merely being rich and great; Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes rest...the earth at last ; Both, children of the same dear Grod, Prove title to your heirship vast By record of a well-filled past ; A heritage, it seems to me,... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 σελίδες
...son ! scorn not thy state ; There is worse weariness than thine — In merely being rich and great : any a joke had well-fill'd past ; A heritage, it seems to me, Well worth a life to hold in fee. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.... | |
| William Morley Punshon - 1881 - 296 σελίδες
...man's son ! scorn not thy state. There is worse weariness than thine In merely being rich and great; Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes rest...same dear God. Prove title to your heirship vast, By records of a well-fill'd past : A heritage, it seems to me, Well worth a life to hold in fee. LONDON,... | |
| 1881 - 300 σελίδες
...me, Worth being rich to hold in fee. 5. O poor man's son ! scorn not thy state ; THE SPERM WHALE. 6. Both heirs to some 'six feet of sod, Are equal in the earth at last ; Both children of the same great God Prove title to your heirship vast By record of a well-filled past ; — A heritage, it seems... | |
| William Morley Punshon - 1882 - 500 σελίδες
...man's son ! scorn not thy state, There is worse weariness than thine In merely being rich and great ; Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes rest...same dear God, Prove title to your heirship vast, By records of a well-fill'd past : A heritage, it seems to me, Well worth a life to hold in fee." VI.... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 σελίδες
...poor man's son! scorn not thy state; There is worse weariness than In merely being rich and great; Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes rest...same dear God, Prove title to your heirship vast By records of a well-filled past; A heritage, it seems to me, Well worth a life to hold in fee. [Frf>m... | |
| William Morley Punshon - 1882 - 520 σελίδες
...man's son ! scorn not thy state, There is worse weariness than thine In merely being rich and great ; Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes rest...same dear God, Prove title to your heirship vast, By records of a well-fill'd past : A heritage, it seems to me, Well worth a life to hold in fee." VI.... | |
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