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
| United States. Congress - 1855 - 964 pages
...deteriorate. And here the economist and poet agree that — "III fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay; Princes and Lords may flourish and may fade; A hrraili can make them, as a lirrath has made; I'ut a bold vrimiitnrv, their country's... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 560 pages
...spoiler's hand Far, far away, 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 may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made ;f But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
| 1856 - 428 pages
...rest with unmingled satisfaction. In his deliberate judgment " III fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish or may/oA/ A r.uu.vni can make them, as a breath has made But a BOLD PEASANTRY, their country' s pride,... | |
| Salem Town - 1857 - 524 pages
...solitary guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest. 4. 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 hae made : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
| Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1896 - 936 pages
...in foreign countries when Goldsmith wrote: "111 fares the land to hastening ills a prey When treHltk accumulates and men decay; Princes and lords may flourish...A breath can make them as a breath has made, But a Md praxantru. their country's pride, When once destroyed can nerer be supplied." I would not have you... | |
| John Daniel Morell - 1860 - 274 pages
...And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, 50 Far, far away thy children leave the land. | 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, | Where...men decay.] Princes and lords may flourish, | or may fade ;] A breath can make them, | as a breath has made :] 55 But a bold peasantry, their country's... | |
| 1861 - 522 pages
...oftener, perhaps, than any lines in the language, we will not refrain from quoting them yet once again : " 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where...and men decay. Princes and lords may flourish or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath hus made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,... | |
| Raphael Finckenstein - 1864 - 218 pages
...2luéroanbcrung ba8 Sanb ju enttecven begann: Ills fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wenlth accumulates and men decay. Princes and lords may flourish...as a breath has made, But a bold peasantry, their conntrys pride, When once destro3'ed, can never be suppleed. @rf)ied)t fatjvt ein fanb, limb rafcfyev... | |
| Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - 1864 - 516 pages
...solitary guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest. 4. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied, 5.... | |
| 1880 - 630 pages
...contented people. I cannot do better than conclude with the beautiful and apposite lines of the poet — " 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,... | |
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