 O, poor man's son ! scorn not thy state ; There is worse weariness than thine, In merely being rich and great ; Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes rest fragrant and benign ; A heritage, it seems to me, Worth being poor to hold in fee.  The North American Review - Seite 299herausgegeben von - 1844Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1909 - 662 Seiten
...thy state, There is worse weariness than thine — In being merely rich and great ; Work only makes the soul to shine, And makes rest fragrant and benign....heritage, it seems to me, Worth being poor to hold in fee. Prove title to your heirship vast, By record of a well-filled past ! A heritage, it seems to roe, Well... | |
 | 1913 - 662 Seiten
...riches avail him nothing in the hour of departure. As Lowell has expressed it, both rich and poor, "Heirs to some six feet of sod Are equal in the earth at last." Let us ever bear in mind that real happiness in life is not attained by riches alone, but in daily... | |
 | Emma Serl - 1914 - 350 Seiten
...man's son ! scorn not thy state, There is worse weariness than thine, In merely being rich and great ; Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes rest...heritage, it seems to me, Worth being poor to hold in fee. — JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. To hold in fee means to possess. What is the meaning of inherit, heritage,... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1918 - 432 Seiten
...man's son ! scorn not thy state ; There is worse weariness than thine, In merely being rich and great ; Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes rest...heritage, it seems to me, Worth being poor to hold in fee. 6 Both, heirs to some six feet of sod, . Are equal in the earth at last ; Both, children of the same... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1918 - 432 Seiten
...; A heritage, it seems to me, 26 Worth being rich to hold in fee. In merely being rich and great ; Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes rest...heritage, it seems to me, Worth being poor to hold in fee. s Both, heirs to some six feet of sod, Are equal in the earth at last ; Both, children of the same... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1920 - 390 Seiten
...man's son! scorn not thy state; There is worse weariness than thine In merely being rich and great: Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes rest...heritage, it seems to me, Worth being poor to hold in fee. 9. Both, heirs to some six feet of sod, Are equal in the earth at last; Both, children of the same... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - 1921 - 408 Seiten
...man's son ! scorn not thy state ; There is worse weariness than thine, In merely being rich and great : Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes rest...in the earth at last ; Both, children of the same great God, Prove title to your heirship vast By record of a well-filled past ; A heritage, it seems... | |
 | Ontario. Legislative Assembly - 1924
...human breast, and we long for that happy time when, "Man to man the world o'er shall brothers be." All heirs to some six feet of sod Are equal in the earth at last. All children of the same dear God Prove title to your heirship vast By records of a well-filled past.... | |
 | Charles E. Tomlinson - 1925 - 102 Seiten
...the man that matters, as in '' The Heritage," where he contrasts rich and poor, and concludes : — Both, heirs to some six feet of sod. Are equal in...last ; Both, children of the same dear God, Prove tide to your heirship vast By record of a weB-nlled past ; A heritage, it seems to me, Well worth a... | |
 | Leverett Samuel Lyon, A. Marie Butler - 1927 - 628 Seiten
...man's son ! scorn not thy state ; There is worse weariness than thine, In merely being rich and great ; Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes rest...the same dear God, Prove title to your heirship vast FOR A' THAT AND A' THAT ROBERT BURNS Is there, for honest poverty, Wha' hangs his head, and a' that?... | |
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