The rich man's son inherits cares ; The bank may break, the factory burn, A breath may burst his bubble shares, And soft white hands could hardly earn A living that would serve his turn ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell - Página 13por James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 507 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| 1861 - 356 páginas
...dares to wear a garment old; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. LOWELL. The rich man's son inherits cares; The bank may break,...seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. LOWELL. MAN. This is the state of man: to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow blossoms,... | |
| Henry Howe - 1861 - 844 páginas
...heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. The rich man's son inherits care» ; The bank may break, the factory burn, A breath may...hands could hardly earn A living that would serve his turu ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. The rich man's son inherits-wants,... | |
| 1861 - 320 páginas
...inherits soft white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold, Nor dares to wear a garment old ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. The rich man's son inherits cares ; The bank may break, the factory burn, A breath may burst his bubble shares, And soft white... | |
| 1861 - 316 páginas
...sated heart, he hears the pants Of toiling hinds with brown arms bare, And wearies in his easy-chair ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. What doth the poor man's son inherit ? Wishes o'erjoyed with humble things, A rank adjudged by toil-won... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 páginas
...sated heart he hears the pants Of toiling hinds with brown arms bare, And wearies in his easy chair ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. What doth the poor man's son inherit ? Stout museles and a sinewy heart, A hardy frame, a hardicr spirit... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 páginas
...inherits soft, white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold, Nor dares to wear a garment old; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. 1 The fine lines under Washington Irving, pago 274, will show what the book is, more effectually than... | |
| Golden gleanings - 1863 - 342 páginas
...the pants Of toiling hinds with brown arms bare, And wearies in his easy chair ; The Heritage. 265 A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. What doth the poor man's son inherit? Stout muscles and a sinewy heart, A hardy frame, a hardier spirit... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 páginas
...dares to wear a garment old ; And piles of brick, and stone, and gold, A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. The rich man's son inherits cares ; A breath may burst his bubble shares, And soft white hands could hardly earn A living that would... | |
| 1864 - 590 páginas
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| Life-lights - 1864 - 336 páginas
...sated heart, he hears the pants Of toiling hinds with brown arms bare, And wearies in his easy chair : A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. What doth the poor man's son inherit ? Stout muscles and a sinewy heart, A hardy frame, a hardier spirit... | |
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