 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 pages
...Shouldst in a hard and barren season thrive, " Should even able be to live ; " Thou, to whose share so little bread did fall, " In the miraculous year when manna rain'd on all." Thus spake the Muse, and spake it with a smile, That seem'd at once to pity and revile. And to her... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...Shouldst in a hard and barren season thrive, " Should even able be to live ; " Thou, to whose share so little bread did fall, '* In the miraculous year when manna rain'd on all.'* Thus spake the Muse, and spake it with a smile, That seem'd at once to pity and revile. And to her... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 490 pages
...Shouldst in a hard and barren season thrive, "Should even able be to live ; " Thou, to whose share so little bread did fall, "In the miraculous year when manna rain'd on all.1* Thus spake the Muse, and spake it with a smile. That scem'd at once to pity and revile. And... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1811 - 406 pages
...-,Should'st in a hard and barren season thrive, Should even able be to live; Thou, to whose share so little bread did fall, In the miraculous year, when MANNA rain'd on all. VI. And to her thus, raising his thoughtful head, The melancholy COW^EY said: Ah, wanton foe, dost thoa... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1811 - 414 pages
...in a hard and barren season thrive, - ' ' ' ' Should even able be to live ; Thou, to whose share so little bread did fall, In the miraculous year, when MANNA rain'd on allVI. Thus spake the Mose, and spake it with a smile, That seem'd at once to pity and revile, VOL.... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 348 pages
...Shouldst in a hard and barren season thrive, Should even able be to live ; Thou, to whose share so little bread did fall, In the miraculous year when manna rain'd on all." Thus spake the Muse, and spake it with a smile, That seem'd at once to pity and revile. And to her... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Shouldst in a hard and barren season thrive, Shouldst even able be to live ; Thou! to whose share so her nerves, and shake, Till all thy magic structures, rear'd so high, W Thus spake the Muse, and spake it with a smile, That eeem'd at once to pity and revile : And to her... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1827 - 554 pages
...Should' st in a hard and barren season thrive, Should'st even able be to live ; Thou, to whose share so little bread did fall, In the miraculous year when manna rain'd on all. 6. " Thus spake the Muse, and spake it with a smile, That seem'd at once to pity and revile. And to... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1827 - 548 pages
...Should'st in a hard and barren season thrive, Should'st even able be to live ; Thou, to whose share so little bread did fall, In the miraculous year when manna rain'd on all. 6. " Thus spake the Muse, and spake it with a smile, That seem'd at once to pity and revile. And to... | |
 | 1827 - 552 pages
...Should'st in a hard and barren season thrive, Should'st even able be to live ; Thou, to whose share so little bread did fall, In the miraculous year when manna rain'd on all. 6. " Thus spake the Muse, and spake it with a smile, That seem'd at once to pity and revile. And to... | |
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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... 
