 No product here the barren hills afford But man and steel, the soldier and his sword ; No vernal blooms their torpid- rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May ; No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare, and stormy...  Poems - Pagina 30door Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 216 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 pagina’s
...domes, where Ceesars once bore sway, Defac'd by time, ...... Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansions tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread...vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter ling'ring chills the lap of May; No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare, and... | |
 | 1816 - 300 pagina’s
...pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile. 28 My soul, turn from them — turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display ; Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansioi tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread ; No product here the barren hills afford,... | |
 | 1865 - 790 pagina’s
...classes of Britain, would, if described to some being of a happier world, appear perfectly unendurable. "Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread," we are not to expect a manifestation of all the virtues. Their hard life necessarily produces a certain... | |
 | 1865 - 804 pagina’s
...classes of Britain, would, if described to some being of a happier world, appear perfectly unendurable. "Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread," we are not to expect a manifestation of all the virtues. Their hard life necessarily produces a certain... | |
 | 1850 - 938 pagina’s
...describes what he did not see, because it harmonises with the ideas obtained from books. Thus, — — "The bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread ; No produce here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword." Switzerland has... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pagina’s
...pile, Exults, and owns hie cottage 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 foree a churlish soil for scanty bread. No product here the harren hills afford, But man and steel,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 192 pagina’s
...larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage 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 mansions tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread ; \o product here the barren hills afford... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pagina’s
...larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage 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 mansions tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread; No product here the barren hills afford,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pagina’s
...larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile. My soul, turn from them, turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display, Where the bleak...chills the lap of May ; No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest. Yet still, even here, content can spread... | |
 | John Bernard Trotter - 1819 - 656 pagina’s
...well apply to them the bard's beautiful picture of another country : — " Turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display ; Where the bleak...tread, And force a churlish soil, for scanty bread 1 Yet still, e'en here, content can spread a charm, Redress the clime, and all its rage disarm; Tim'... | |
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