 | John Gay - Fables - 1728 - 218 pages
...pains, And gives me all thefe wide domains» At will I crop the year's encreafe, My latter life is reft and peace. I grant to man we lend our pains, And aid him to correct the plains s But doth not he divide the care, Through all the labours of the year? How many thoufand ftruftures... | |
 | Complete fabulist - 1732 - 402 pages
...pains, And gives me all thefe wide domains ; At will I crop the year's increafe, My latter life is cafe and peace. I grant to man we lend our pains, And aid him to correct the plains ; But doth not he divide the care Through all the labours of the year ? How many thoufand ftructures rife To fence... | |
 | John Gay - Engraving, English - 1737 - 418 pages
...pains, And gives me all thcfe wide domains ; At will I crop the year's increafe, My latter life is reft and peace. I grant to man we lend our pains, And aid him to correct the plains : But doth not he divide the care, Through all the labours of the year ? How many thoufand ftrudtures rife, To... | |
 | John Gay - Fables - 1746 - 212 pages
...And gives me all thefe wide domains; • At will I crop the year's increafe, My latter life is reft and peace. I grant to man we lend our pains, And aid him to corredt the plains: But doth not he divide the care, Through all the labours of the year ? How many... | |
 | John Gay - English poetry - 1770 - 204 pages
...pains, And gives me all thefe wide domains. At will I crop the year's increafe ; My latter life is reft and peace. I grant to man we lend our pains, And aid him to correft the plains. But doth not he divide the care, Through all the labours of the year ? How many*... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 316 pages
...4? And gives me all thefe wide domains. At will I crop the year's increafe ; My latter life is reft and peace. I grant, to man we lend our pains, And aid him to correft the plains ; 50 But doth not he divide the care, Through all the labours of the year ? How... | |
 | John Gay - Fables, English - 1792 - 250 pages
...pains, And gives me all thefe wide domains. At will I crop the year's increafe ; My latter life is reft and peace. I grant to man we lend our pains. And aid him to correft the plains. But doth not he divide the care, Through all the labours of the year ? How many... | |
 | John Gay - 1796 - 284 pages
...NESTOR of the plain : — When I had health and strength, like you, The toils of servitude I knew ; Now grateful man rewards my pains, And gives me all...pains, And aid him to correct the plains ; But doth not he divide the care Through all the labours of the year ? How many thousand structures rise, To... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...pains, And gives me all thcfe wide domains. At will I crop the year's ir.creafc; My latter life is reft and peace. I grant, to man we lend our pains, And aid him to corrcft the plains: But doth not he divide ihe care, Through all the labours of the year ? How many... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1797 - 424 pages
...health and .-trength, like you, The toils of servitude I knew; Now grateful man rewards my pains, 4j And gives me all these wide domains. At will I crop the ytar's increase; My latter life is rest and peace. I grant to man we lend our pains, 50 And aid him... | |
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And, to the murmurs of the train, Thus spoke the Nestor of the plain. ' When I had health and strength like you The toils of servitude I knew ; Now grateful man rewards my pains, -And gives me all these wide domains. At will I crop the year's increase... 
