 Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.  The Quarterly review - Page 4631835Full view - About this book
 | John Arthur Roebuck - 1852 - 598 pages
...truth—ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay,— 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. ' Where, I ask, are all the boasted advantages of this once happy country ? Where are all the blessings... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'T is yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore : Hoards... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 pages
...to truth, ye statesmen, wh5 survey Tha rich man's joys mcrease, the poor's decay, Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land." Q. What is this last species called ? A. Heroic measure, and is the most common species of verse in... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 pages
...truth, ye statesmen who survey 265 The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting folly hails them from her shore ; 270... | |
 | Herbert Byng Hall - 1853 - 322 pages
...Truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys, increase the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. ON a commanding eminence, well sheltered from the north and east by magnificent woods, stood, as it... | |
 | Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1853 - 510 pages
...truth, ye statesmen who survey • The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land." GOLDSMITH. IN the evening of that day, Lady Augusta rejoiced to see her family assembled round her... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore; Hoards,... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from the shore ; Hoards... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 348 pages
...e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy? -r9 to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; P... | |
 | William Collins - 1854 - 430 pages
...truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'T is yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore; Hoards... | |
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