Heavy to get, and light to hold ; Hoarded, bartered, bought, and sold, Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled : Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old To the very verge of the church-yard mould ; Price of many a crime untold : Gold ! gold ! gold ! gold... Unity Pulpit - Page 71886Full view - About this book
| 1858 - 974 pages
...fict rind light to hold ; Hoar'.leil, bartered, boupht and sold. Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled To the very verge of the church-yard mould! Price of many a crime untold; Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold !— Hood. \i she not passing fair? — Shakipeart. Robert Clayton had bat two passions in existence,... | |
| 1841 - 578 pages
...barter'd, bought, and sold, Stolen, borrow'd, squander'd, doled ; Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould ; Price of many a crime untold ; Gold I Gold ! Gold ! Gold : Good or bad a thousand fold ! How widely its agencies vary — To save — to... | |
| 1848 - 620 pages
...bought, and sold ; Stolen, borrow'd, equander'd, doled ; Spurned by the young, but hugged by the oM, To the very verge of the church-yard mould ; Price of many a crime untold, Gold ! gold I gold I gold ! Good or bad a tliousand fold. How widely its agencies vary ; To save, to ruin, to curse,... | |
| 1876 - 818 pages
...hammered and rolled, Heavy to get and light to hold ; Hoarded, bartered, borrowed, and doled ; Spurn ed by the young, but hugged by the old To the very verge...Price of many a crime untold. "Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Good or bad a thousand-fold, To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless, As even its m inted coins express... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1845 - 434 pages
...barter'd, bought, and sold, Stolen, borrow'd, squander'd, doled : Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould...of many a crime untold ; Gold ! -Gold ! Gold ! Gold : Good or bad a thousand- fold ! How widely its agencies vary — To save — to ruin — to curse... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pages
...barter'd, bought, and sold, Stolen, borrow'd, squander'd, doled : Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould...of many a crime untold ; Gold ! Gold ! Gold ! Gold : Good or bad a thousalid-fold ! How widely its agencies vary — To save — to ruin — to curse... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 pages
...barter'd, bought, and sold, Stolen, borrow'd, squander'd, doled : Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould...of many a crime untold ; Gold ! Gold ! Gold ! Gold : Good or bad a thousand-fold ! How widely its agencies vary — To save — to ruin — to curse —... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1847 - 752 pages
...barter'd, bought, and sold, Stolen, borrowed, squander'd, doled : Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the church-yard mould...of many a crime untold ; Gold ! Gold ! Gold ! Gold ! Good or bad a thousand-fold !' Occasionally HOOD'S humor is of that rare order which while it affords... | |
| 1847 - 522 pages
...Hoarded, bartered, bought, and sold ; Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled ; Spurned by the young, and hugged by the old, To the very verge of the church-yard mould ; Price of many a crime untold ; Good, or bad, a thousand fold, How widely its agencies vary ; To save, to ruin, to curse, to bliss,... | |
| Congregational union of England and Wales - 1848 - 684 pages
...get, and light to hold; Hoarded, barter'd, bought, and sold ; Stolen, borrow'd, squander'd, doled; Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old, To the...crime untold, Gold! gold! gold! gold I Good or bad a thousand fold. How widely its agencies vary; To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless; And even its minted... | |
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