 | Thomas Lockerby - 1850 - 842 psl.
...causeth to err, (Prov. xix. 27.) Ill fares the land to hast'ning ills a prey, . Where wealth accuumlates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never De supplied. It may be alleged, I am making, or attempting to make, too much... | |
 | James Joseph Nolan - 1850 - 198 psl.
...and sinews of the land would not be crossing the Atlantic. " 111 fares the land, to various ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay; Princes...them, as a breath has made, But a bold peasantry, a country's pride, If once destroyed, can never be supplied." The brief narrative of the different... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 160 psl.
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes...country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 162 psl.
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes...country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man... | |
 | Henry Giles - 1851 - 322 psl.
...his impassioned aspiration, has nothing finer than this : " Hard fares the land to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes...; But a bold peasantry their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied." On Goldsmith's poetry the judgment of the literary and the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 476 psl.
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never he supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began. When every rood... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 psl.
...spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes...country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man... | |
 | Wisconsin State Agricultural Society - 1880 - 550 psl.
...interests and for the interest of the state ; for it is true, " I11 fares the land to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Princes...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed can never be supplied." Mr. Kellogg — It seems to me there are three sides to this... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1853 - 390 psl.
...hearts of those who forget the poor man's patrimony, and how that he is the rich man's brother ! " 111 fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed can never be supplied6 !" From Cissbury we bent our course, having first made the circuit... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1853 - 408 psl.
...hearts of those who forget the poor man's patrimony, and how that he is the rich man's brother! " 111 fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth...But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed can never be supplied 6 !" From Cissbury we bent our course, having first made the circuit... | |
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Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never... 
