 | Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1765 - 278 pages
...plough, Should'ft in a hard and barren feafon thrive, Should even able be to live; Thou, to whofe ihare fo little bread did fall, In the miraculous year,...all. VI. Thus fpake the Mufe, and fpake it with a finite, That feem'd at once to pity and revile, And to her thus raifing his thoughtful head, The melancholy... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1771 - 284 pages
...plough, Should'ft in a hard and barren feafon thrive, Should even able be to live; Thou, to whofe share fo little bread did fall, In the miraculous year, when MANNA rain'd on all. VI. Thus fpake the J^ufe, and fpake it with a fmile, That feem'd at once to pity and revile, And to her thus, raifuig... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 264 pages
...Skouklfl Shouldft in a hard and barren feafoh thrive, Shouldft even able be to live; Thou, to whofe fhare fo little bread did fall, In the miraculous year, when manna rain'd on all. •"6. . . „ • . . Thus fpake the Mufe, and fpake it with a fmile, . That feem'd at once to pity... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1776 - 294 pages
...plough, Should'ft in a hard and barren feafon thrive, Should even able be to live ; Thou, to whofe fliare fo little bread did fall, In the miraculous year,...feem'd at once to pity and revile, And And to her thus, railing his thoughtful head, The melancholy COWLEY faid : Ah, wanton foe, doft thou upbraid The ills... | |
 | John Bell - 1777 - 658 pages
...thrive, Shouldft even able be to live; Thou! to whofe fhare fo little bread did fall In the miraeulous year, when manna rain'd on all." VI. Thus fpake the Mufe, and l juke it with a fmile 100 That feem'd at onee to pity and revile : And to her thus, raifmg his thoughtful... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 384 pages
...Thou, to whofe mare fo little bread did fall, " In the miraculous year when manna rain'd on all.™ Thus fpake the Mufe, and fpake it with a fmile, That feem'd at once to pity and revile. And to her thus, raifing his thoughtful head, The melancholy Cowley faid— •" Ah, wanton foe ! doft... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 378 pages
...Should'ft in a hard and barren feafon thrive, " Should even able be to live ; "Thou, to whofe fhare fo little bread did fall, " In the miraculous year when manna rain'd on all." Thus fpake the'Mufe, and fpake it with a fmile, That feem'd at once to pity and revile. And to her... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 296 pages
...ShoulJ'ft in a hard and barren feafon thrive, " Should even able be to live ; " Thou, to whofe fhare fo little bread did fall, " In the miraculous year when manna rain'd on all." Thus fpake the Mufe, and fpake it with a fmile, That feem'd at once to pity and revile. And to her... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 pages
...; Thou ! to whofe fhare fo little bread did fall In the miraculous year, when manna tain'd ou all.' Thus fpake the mufe, and fpake it with a fmile, That feem'd at once to pity and revile : And to her thus, raifing his thoughtful head, The melancholy Cowlty laid : " Ah ! wanton Foe ! doft thou... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 pages
...Should'ftin a hard and harnn feafon thrive, " Should even alile be to live ; ' Thou, to whofr (hare f« little bread did fall, ' In the miraculous year when manna rain'd on all.''. rhtu fpakc the Mufe, and fpake it with a finile, I'lut feemcd at once to pity and revile. And to her... | |
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Twice seven years more God in his bounty may Give thee to fling away Into the court's deceitful lottery : But think how likely 'tis that thou, With the dull work of thy unwieldy plough... 
