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
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...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. * I» 1» l» oo лл <x> oo • с ff J. ж ч в R AND DECORATOR во во во ' •»• •»•... | |
 | Milo Burdette Hillegas, Thomas Henry Briggs - 1927 - 588 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. COMMENT ON "THE HERITAGE" The idea contained in this poem is familiar doctrine in most democratic realms.... | |
 | Thomas E. Thoresby - 1869 - 718 Seiten
...state ; There is worse weariness than thine, In merely being rich and great : Toil only gives the FOU! to shine, And makes rest fragrant and benign ; A heritage, it seems to me, Worth being poor to hold in fee. INDIA, with her more than two hundred millions of people, is but part of an empire on which it is said... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 798 Seiten
...man's son! seorn not thy state; There is worse weariness than thine, In merely heing rieh and great ; Toil only gives the soul to shine, And makes rest...fragrant and benign ; A heritage, it seems to me, Worth heing poor to held in fee. Both, heirs to some six feet of sod, Are equal in the earth at last; Bolh,... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature - 1896 - 1090 Seiten
...son. scorn not thy state; 16 There is worse weariness than thine In merely being rich and great: Toll only gives the soul to shine And makes rest fragrant and benign, — 20 A heritage, it seems to me, Worth being poor to hold in fee. — LowlJ. m. Life bears us on... | |
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