 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...poor's decay, Tis yours to jndge* how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Prond swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards, even beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains.... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...decay, "li- yonr's to judge bow wide the limits stuuJ Between a splendid and a happy land. Fraud swell* the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards, ev'n beyond the miner's wish, abound, And rich men flork from all the world around j Yit count uur... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...the poor's decay, Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore,...gains. This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful product still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore,...shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards, even beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains.... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore....shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards ev'n beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Authors - 1816 - 298 pages
...freighted ore, And fhouting folly hails them from her fhore ; Hoards, e'en beyond the mifer's with, abound, And rich men flock from all the world around...gains ; this wealth is but a name That leaves our ufeful product ftill the fame. Not fo the lofs : the man of wealth and pride Takes up a fpace that... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Book ornamentation - 1817 - 192 pages
...poor's decay, Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. 't Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore,...wealth is but a name That leaves our useful products stiirthe same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supply'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...the poor's decay, "Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore....And shouting Folly hails them from her shore; Hoards even beyond the miser's wish abound, And rich men flock from all the world around. Yet count our gains—this... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 498 pages
...the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore,...gains. This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful product still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore,...around. Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a namo That leaves our useful product still the same. Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes... | |
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Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells... 
