 | 1792 - 112 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1800 - 322 pagina’s
...wall, And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where...country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supply'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When ev'ry rood of ground maintain'd its man... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pagina’s
...wall, And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where...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 ev'ry rood... | |
 | Thomas Baldwin - 1802 - 68 pagina’s
...with unmingled satisfaction. In his deliberate judgment ; « '"Hi fares the land, to hart'ning 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.'* It is an intelligent, virtuous, free and extensive population,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1806 - 330 pagina’s
...wall, And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy 'd, can never be supply'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When ev'ry rood... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pagina’s
...spoiler's hand. Far, far away thy children leave the land. 711 feres the land, to hast'ning ills d prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy 'd can never be supply'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood... | |
 | Arthur Edmondston - 1809 - 388 pagina’s
...ideas of society. and luxury, are yet true to the feelings of the heart, and our best associations. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where...pride, When once destroy'd can never be supplied. But even on the supposition that the tenants have been expelled from their farms, it is not at all... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pagina’s
...wall, And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Par, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where...country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supply'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 pagina’s
...mould'ring waD, And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand. Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where...country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supply'd. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When ev'ry rood of ground maintain'd his 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... 
