 For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn...  A dictionary of poetical illustrations - Page 105by Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877Full view - About this book
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 pages
...horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed, For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children...stroke ! Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys and destiny obscure : Nor grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short and simple... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pages
...no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care : Nor children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied...glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their teams afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not ambition mock their useful... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 pages
...horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children...stroke ! Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed ! For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children...stroke ! Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short and simple... | |
 | 1826 - 310 pages
...horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children...Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield ; Their harrow oft their stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! Howbow'd... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her ev'ning care : Noi children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied...stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, ! Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp then- sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss...sturdy stroke! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys and destiny obscure; Nor Grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short and simple... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 pages
...blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire"s return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share....stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 286 pages
...clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall bum, Or busy housewife ply her evening...How jocund did they drive their team afield ! . How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! 14* Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...The swallow, twittering from the straw-built shed, For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children...How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely... | |
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