 A king might wish to hold in fee. O rich man's son! there is a toil That with all others level stands; Large charity doth never soil, But only whiten, soft white hands, — • This is the best crop from thy lands; A heritage, it seems to me, Worth being...  Plain Words to Young Men. by Augustus Woodbury. - Page 110by Augustus Woodbury - 1858 - 252 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 648 pages
...make the outcast bless his door: A heritage, it seems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee. 1 0. rich man's son, there is a toil That with all others...level stands ; Large charity doth never soil, But only whitens, soft, white hands ; This is the best crop from ihy lands. A heritage, it seems to me, Worth... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - American literature - 1844 - 444 pages
...Large charity doth never soil, But only whitens, soft, white hands : This is the best crop from the lands : A heritage, it seems to me, Worth being rich to hold in fee. 15 Oh ! poor man's son, scorn not thy state ;— There is worse weariness than thine, In merely being... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...make the outcast bless his door: A heritage, it seems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee. Oh ! rich man's son, there is a toil That with all others level stands ; 10 Large charity doth never soil, But only whitens, soft, white hands : This is the best crop from... | |
 | 1872 - 812 pages
...sure To make the outcast see his door: A heritage, it seems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee. O rich man's son ! there is a toil That with all others...soil, But only whiten, soft white hands— This is thebest crop from thy lands: A heritage, it seems to me, Worth being rich to hold in fee. O poor man's... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1847 - 838 pages
...there is a toil That with »II others level stände; Large charily doth never soil, But only whitens soft white hands; This is the best crop from thy lands; A heritage il seems to me. Worth being rich lo hold in fee. Oh, poor man's son, scorn not thy state; There i-... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...To mnke the outcast bless his door , A heritage, it seems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee.0, rich man's son ! there is a toil, That with all others level stands ; Large charity doth never soil, 11 ut only whiten, soft, white hands,— This is the host crop from thy lands; A heritage, it seems... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 276 pages
...make the outcast bless his door ; A heritage, it seems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee. 0, rich man's son ! there is a toil, . That with all...heritage, it seems to me, Worth being rich to hold in fee. 0, poor man's son ! scorn not thy state ; There is worse weariness than thine, In merely being rich... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...freeze, to doubt what charity enjoined, Beat spring to man's warm instinct for mankind The New Timon. O, rich man's son! there is a toil That with all others...level stands; Large charity doth never soil, But only whitens soft white hands; — This is the best crop for thy lands; A heritage, it seems to me, Worth... | |
 | 1855 - 424 pages
...make the outcast bless his door : A heritage, it seems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee. Oh ! rich man's son, there is a toil That with all others...level stands : Large charity doth never soil, But only whitens, soft, white hands : liiis is the best crop from the lands : A heritage, it seems to me, Worth... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...— to do men good. Bailty. A poor man serv'd by thee, shall make thee rieh. Miss Barrett. O, rieh man's son ! there is a toil, That with all others level stands ; Large eharity doth never soil, But only whitens soft white hands; — This is the best erop for thy lands;... | |
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