 | 1820 - 590 էջ
...which the eye of a patriot can rest with unmingled »atisfaction. In his deliberate judgment ; "HI fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth...country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied." It is an intelligent, virtuous, free and extensh ipuhition, able by their talents auJ industry... | |
 | 1820 - 344 էջ
...universally acknowledged remedy for an irremedible evil. " 111 fares the land," says my favourite poet, " to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates,...country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere Scotland's ' griefs began, When every roo4 of ground maintain'd its... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 էջ
...thy desert walks the lapwing flies, And dreg their echoes with unvary'd cries. Sunk are thy bow'rs in shapeless ruin all, , And the long grass o'ertops...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supply'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When ev'ry rood... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 էջ
...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...country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir'd, but gave no... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 էջ
...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...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,. When once destroyed, can never he supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every-rood... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 էջ
...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...country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 էջ
...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...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy 'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 էջ
...clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." " 111 fares the land, to hast'ning hills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes...pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supply'd." " Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state, With during aims irregularly great: Pride in their... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 էջ
...bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall; And, trembling, shrmking cular ! Why must the hero with the A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man ; For him... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 էջ
...thy desert walks, the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries. Sunk are thy bow'rs in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops...country's pride, When once destroy'd can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When ev'ry rood of ground malntain'd its man... | |
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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 never... 
