| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 páginas
...pain; And, even while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy 1 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.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1857 - 304 páginas
...pain — And, even while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy. 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 an happy... | |
| Gerald W. Butcher - 1918 - 116 páginas
...the National Union of Allotment Holders ; Member of Executive, National Union of Allotment Holders 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.... | |
| Ernest Bernbaum - 1918 - 422 páginas
...into pain; And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks if this be joy. 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 an happy land.... | |
| Vida Dutton Scudder - 1919 - 572 páginas
...pain; And even while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. 265 Ye friends to 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.... | |
| John Drinkwater - 1922 - 288 páginas
...into pain; And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy. Ye friends to 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.... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 424 páginas
...pain ; And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Ye friends to 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.... | |
| 1926 - 780 páginas
...pain; And, even while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. 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 an happy land.... | |
| 1886 - 372 páginas
...the murderers of those who die every day for want of it." — Pope Greyoiy the Great (St. Gregory.) 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.... | |
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