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 ;w But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can... The Farmers' Register - Page 165edited by - 1838Full view - About this book
| 1792 - 112 pages
...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 men decay...breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peafantry, their country's pride, When once deftroy'd , can never be fupply'd. A time there was , ere... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...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 lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made : K But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 pages
...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 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,... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...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 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,... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...spoiler's hand. Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill feres the land, to hast'ning ills a a throne, He gain his 1'rince's ear, or lose his own. Yet soft by nature, more a dup fade ; A breath can make them as a breath lla»4nadc : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...spoiler's hand, Tar, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning 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: I'M) a bold peasantry, their country's pride. When... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...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... | |
| Richard Elsam - 1816 - 78 pages
...comely attire, and in the occupation of cottages suited to their humble stations. - . * . . » , e " 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, " Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. " Princes or lords may flourish or may fade, " A breath can make them, as a breath has made; " But a bold peasantry,... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1817 - 618 pages
...recommend the emigration of its subjects, and to encourage them to abandon their native soil. Alas I ', " 111 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 supplier!." In these verses, Sir, is much of sound... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1817 - 604 pages
...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... | |
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