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
| James Russell Lowell - 1882 - 494 páginas
...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 hank may break, the factory burn, A breath may burst his bubble shares, And soft white hands could... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 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;... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 páginas
...peep again, And wish, and wonder it is absent still. 4332 Young : Nigh, Thoughts. Night vt. Line 519 The rich man's son inherits cares : The bank may break,...bubble shares, • And soft white hands could hardly earh A living that would serve his turn. 4333 James Swsstil lnwe.ll : The Heritage. BIDICULE — see... | |
| Thomas W. Handford - 1881 - 438 páginas
...that fears the cold, Nor dares to wear a garment old ; A heritage, it seems to me, One would not care to hold in fee. The rich man's son inherits cares : The bank may break, the factory burn ; Some breath may burst his bubble shares; And soft, white hands would hardly earn A living that would... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1883 - 382 páginas
...burst his bubble shares, And soft, white hands could hardly earn A living that would serve his turn; The rich man's son inherits cares; The bank may break, the factory burn, A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. With sated heart, he hears the pants... | |
| Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1884 - 280 páginas
...dares to wear a garment old ; — A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. 2. The rich man's son inherits cares : The bank may break,...seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. 3. The rich man's son inherits wants : His stomach craves for dainty faro ; With sated heart, he hears... | |
| Boy - 1884 - 156 páginas
...And tender flesh that fear 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...would serve his turn ; A heritage, it seems to me, The rich man's son inherits wants, His stomach craves for dainty fare ; With solid heart he hears the... | |
| Improved illustrated reader - 1885 - 266 páginas
...Nor dares to wear a garment old ; A heritage it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. 2. The rich man's son inherits cares ; The bank may break,...seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. 3. The rich man's son inherits wants, His stomach craves for dainty fare ; With sated heart, he hears... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1885 - 264 páginas
...dares to wear a garment old ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. 2. The rich man's son inherits cares ; The bank may break,...seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. 3. The rich man's son inherits wants, His stomach craves for dainty fare ; With sated heart, he hears... | |
| |