Declining health rejects his poor repast, His cheerless spouse the coming danger sees, And mutual murmurs urge the slow disease. Yet grant them health, 'tis not for us to tell, Though the head droops not, that the heart is well ; Or will you praise that... Poems - Страница 4по George Crabbe - 1899 - 405 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| 1807 - 532 страници
...well } Or will you urge their homely, plen-teous fare, Healthy and plain, and still the poor man's share } Oh ! trifle not with wants you cannot feel,...not wholesome, plain not plenteous, such As you who envy would disdain to touch. Ye gentle souls who dream of rural ease, Whom the smooth stream and smoother... | |
| George Crabbe - 1808 - 274 страници
...Yet grant them health, 'tis not for us to tell, Though the head droops not, that the heart is well : Or will you praise that homely, healthy fare, Plenteous...not with wants you cannot feel, Nor mock the misery o'fa stinted meal ; Homely not wholesome, plain not plenteous, such As you who praise would never deign... | |
| George Crabbe - 1820 - 310 страници
...Yet grant them health, 'tis not for us to tell, Though the head droops not, that the heart is well ; Or will you praise that homely, healthy fare, Plenteous...meal ; Homely not wholesome, plain not plenteous, tuch As you who praise would never deign to touch. Ye gentle souls, who dream of Rural ease, \V horn... | |
| George Crabbe - 1820 - 304 страници
...Yet grant them health, 'tis not for us to tell, Though the head droops not, that the heart is well ; Or will you praise that homely, healthy fare, Plenteous...that happy peasants share ! Oh! trifle not with wants yon cannot feel, Nor mock the misery of a stinted meal ; Homely not wholesome, plain not plenteous,... | |
| 1834 - 324 страници
...Yet grant them health, 'tis not for us to tell, Though the head droops not, that the heart is well : Or will you praise that homely, healthy fare. Plenteous...such As you who praise would never deign to touch." — vol. ii. pp. 79, 81, In his own peculiar walk of poetry, Crabbe is inimitable; he excels in the... | |
| George Crabbe - 1832 - 92 страници
...grant them health — 'tis not for us to tell, Though the head droops not, that the heart is well ; Or will you praise that homely, healthy fare, Plenteous and plain, that happy peasants share ? A Oh ! trifle not with wants you cannot feel, Nor mock the misery of a stinted meal : Go ! if the... | |
| George Crabbe - 1840 - 360 страници
...Yet grant them health, 'tis not for us to tell, Though the head droops not, that the heart is well Or will you praise that homely, healthy fare, Plenteous...cannot feel, Nor mock the misery of a stinted meal; (1) [" Let those who feast at ease on dainty fare Pity the reapers, who their feasts prepare: For toils... | |
| 1850 - 602 страници
...Yet grant them health, 'tis not for us to tell, Though the head droops not, that the heart is well : Or will you praise that homely, healthy fare, Plenteous...share ? Oh ! trifle not with wants you cannot feel, ^for mock the misery of a stinted meal ; Homely not wholesome, plain not plenteous, such As you who... | |
| 1874 - 898 страници
...healthy and well fed. Their work makes them premature victims to ague and rheumatism ; their food is Homely, not wholesome, plain, not plenteous, such As you who praise would never deign to touch. The ultimate fate of the worn-out labourer is the poorhouse, described in lines of which it is enough... | |
| George Crabbe - 1845 - 558 страници
...wand'rin? long, amid these frowning fields, у OhJ^ trifle not with wants you cannot feel, Nor nioclt the misery of a stinted meal ; Homely, not wholesome, plain, not plenteous, each As you who praise would never deign to touch. Ye gentle souls, who dream of rural ease, Whom the... | |
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