 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 psl.
...cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,...thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 psl.
...cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,,...thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish, or... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 290 psl.
...cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,...thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay; Princes and lords may flourish or may... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 psl.
...long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, 1-ar, far away thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish, or... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 psl.
...cries; Sank are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall, And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand. Far far away thy children leave the land. : - 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,. Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes... | |
 | Edward Nares - 1824 - 424 psl.
...find amongst his characters the old Country 'Squire himself. 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 : * My first Edition had scarcely been published... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 psl.
...cries. Sunk are thy bow'rs in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand....children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ilia a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 psl.
...cries. Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,...thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 psl.
...the mould'ring wall; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away thy ehildren motion pleasant be. Why do we preeious ointments show'r, Nobler wines why aeeumulates, and men deeay ; Prinees and lords may flourish, or may fade, A breath ean make them, as... | |
 | 1826 - 300 psl.
...cries. Sunk are thy bow'rs in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall ; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand....thy children leave the land. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish, or... | |
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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... 
