 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 : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never...  Gleanings from the English poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with biogr. notices ... - Pagina 248door English poets - 1862Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pagina’s
...innocence and health ; And his best riches, ignorance of weaIth. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 pagina’s
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay; Princes...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy" d, can never be supply'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When ev'ry rood... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 192 pagina’s
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes...country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplv'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When ev'ry rood of ground maintain'd its man... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1817 - 612 pagina’s
...recommend the emigration of its subjects, and to encourage them to abandon their native soil. Alas ! "Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where...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... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1817 - 604 pagina’s
...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 - 274 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pagina’s
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes...England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1819 - 120 pagina’s
...spoiler's handFar, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prry, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once ctestroy'd,can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 488 pagina’s
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes...England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd,... | |
 | 1820 - 344 pagina’s
...remedy for an irremedible evil. " 111 fares the land," says my favourite poet, " to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes...destroy'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere Scotland's ' griefs began, When every roo4 of ground maintain'd its man ; For him light labour spread... | |
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