 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 - Pagina 299geredigeerd door - 1844Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pagina’s
...merely being rich and great; Work only makes the soul to shine, And makes rest fragrant and benign : 20 A heritage, it seems to me, Worth being poor to hold...earth at last; Both children of the same dear GOD ; 95 Prove title to your heirship vast, By record of a well-filled past : A heritage, it seems to me,... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pagina’s
...fragrant and benign: 20 A heritage, it seems to me, 15 Oh! poor man's son, scorn not thy state;— . Worth being poor to hold in fee. Both heirs to some...earth at last; Both children of the same dear GOD ; 25 Prove title to your heirship vast, By record of a well-filled past: A heritage, it seems to me,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 308 pagina’s
...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, Both, heirs to some six feet of sod, Are equal in the earth at last ; Both, children of the same dear... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pagina’s
...being rich and great ; Work only makes the soul to shine, And makes rest fragrant and benign : <J0 A heritage, it seems to me, Worth being poor to hold in foe. Both heirs to some six feet of sod, Are equal in the earth at last ; Both children of the same... | |
 | 1872 - 812 pagina’s
...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...to some six feet of sod. Are equal in the earth at lut; Both, children of the same dear God, Prove title to your heirship rat By record of a well-fined... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1847 - 838 pagina’s
...the soul lo shine, And makes rest fragrant and benign; A heritage it seems lo me, Worth being poor lo hold in fee. Both, heirs to some six feet of sod, Are equiil in ihe earth at !asl — Both children of the same dear God, Prove liile to your heirship vast,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pagina’s
...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...your heirship vast By record of a well-filled past; A heiitage, it seems to me, Well worth a life to hold in fee. THE ROSE: A BALLAD. IN his tower sat the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pagina’s
...rich and great ; Toil only gi\ eg the soul to shine, And makes rest fragrant and benign; A heritasre, it seems to me, Worth being poor to hold in fee. Both,...God, Prove title to your heirship vast By record of a well-fill'd past ; A heritage, it seems to me, Well worth a life to hold in fee. TO THE FUTURE. O,... | |
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