 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 Seiten
...cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall, 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 accumulates, and men decay : Princes and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 Seiten
...cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall ; And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,...thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 Seiten
...cries. Sunk are thy bow'rs in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,...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,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 Seiten
...cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand. Far, far away thy children leave the land. 711 feres the land, to hast'ning ills d prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 Seiten
...cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall : And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,...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,... | |
 | 1809 - 402 Seiten
...cries. Sunk ore thy bow'rs in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the raould'ring wall; And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fores the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Frinees and Lords... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 Seiten
...Sunk are thy bow'rs in shapeless ruin all, And the king grass o'ertops the moiild'rinp; wall ; A nd as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike fantastic, if too new or old. Be not feres the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and Lords... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 Seiten
...all, And the long grafs o'ertops the mould'ring wall; And, trembling, fhrinking from the 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 meu decay : Princes and lords may flouriih, or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 Seiten
...the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Tar, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the...men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: I'M) a bold peasantry, their country's pride. When... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 436 Seiten
...cries; Snnk are thy bowers in shapeless rnin all, And the long grass o'ertops the monld 'ring wall, And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,...fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accnmnlates, and men decay. Princes and lords may flonrish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as... | |
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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 ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can... 
