 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1872 - 396 lehte
...hatches plenty for the ensuing spring ; And then destroys it with too fond a stay, Like mothers who their infants overlay ; Nor with a sudden and impetuous...the wealth he gave. No unexpected inundations spoil The mower's hopes, nor mock the ploughman's toil, But god-like his unwearied bounty flows ; First loves... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 590 lehte
...shore ; O'er which he kindly spreads his spacious wing, And hatches plenty for the ensuing spring; Nor then destroys it with too fond a stay, Like mothers...the wealth he gave ; No unexpected inundations spoil Tha mower's hopes, nor mock the ploughman's toil ; But godlike his unwearied bounty flows ; First loves... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 304 lehte
...his shore, O'er which he kindly spreads his spacious whig And hatches plenty for the ensuing spring; Nor then destroys it with too fond a stay, Like mothers...the wealth he gave. No unexpected inundations spoil The mower's hopes, nor mock the ploughman's toil; But godlike his unwearied bounty flows; First loves... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 lehte
...shore, O'er which he kindly spreads his spacious wing, And hatches plenty for th' ensuing spring, And f the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together...far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and The mower's hopes, nor mock the ploughman's toil, But Godlike his unwearied bounty flows ; First loves... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 304 lehte
...his shore, O'er which he kindly spreads his spacious wing And hatches plenty for the ensuing spring; Nor then destroys it with too fond a stay, Like mothers which their infants overlay ; Nor with a sndden and impetuous wave, Like profuse kings, resumes the wealth he gave. No unexpected inundations... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1878 - 518 lehte
...sire, to his embraces runs; Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity. Nor with a sudden and impetuous wave, Like profuse...the wealth he gave. No unexpected inundations spoil The mower's hopes or mock the ploughman's toil, But godlike his unweary'd bounty flows; First loves... | |
 | Charles Anderton Read - 1879 - 404 lehte
...plenty for the ensuing spring, And then destroys it with too fond a stay, Like mothers who their infanta overlay; Nor with a sudden and impetuous wave, Like...the wealth he gave. No unexpected inundations spoil The mower's hopes, nor mock the ploughman's toil, But godlike his unwearied bounty flows; First loves... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 524 lehte
...shore, O'er which he kindly spreads his spacious wing, And hatches plenty for th' ensuing spring ; Nor then destroys it with too fond a stay, Like mothers...the wealth he gave ; No unexpected inundations spoil The mower's hopes, nor mock the ploughman's toil, But godlike his unwearied bounty flows, First loves... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 528 lehte
...shore, O'er which he kindly spreads his spacious wing, And hatches plenty for th' ensuing spring ; Nor then destroys it with too fond a stay, Like mothers...the wealth he gave ; No unexpected inundations spoil The mower's hopes, nor mock the ploughman's toil, But godlike his unwearied bounty flows, First loves... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 lehte
...spreads his spacious wing, And hutches plenty for th' ensuing spring, And then destroys it with too f oud a stay, Like mothers which their infants overlay ;...the wealth he gave. No unexpected inundations spoil The mower's hopes, nor mock the ploughman's toil, But Godlike his unwearied bounty flows ; First loves... | |
| |
The mower's hopes nor mock the ploughman's toil, But God-like his unwearied bounty flows, First loves to do, then loves the good he does. Nor are his blessings to his banks... 
