| 1844 - 646 Seiten
...occasionally in a verse that served for the burden. A spade! a rake ! a hoe! A pickaxe, or a bill! A hook to reap, or a scythe to mow, A flail, or what ye will — And here's a ready hand To ply the needful tool, And skill'd enough, by lessons rough, In Labour's rugged... | |
| 1844 - 652 Seiten
...rick, and show The skies blood-red with wrath. A spade ! a rake ! a hoe ! A pickaxe, or a bill ! A hook to reap, or a scythe to mow, A flail, or what ye will — The corn to thrash, or the hedge to plash, The market-team to drive, Or mend the fence by the cover... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1845 - 434 Seiten
...rick, and show The skies blood-red with wrath. A spade ! a rake ! a hoe ! A pickaxe, or a bill ! A hook to reap, or a scythe to mow, A flail, or what ye will — The corn to thrash, or the hedge to plash, The market team to drive, Or mend the fence by the cover... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 Seiten
...a grace to God, And little thanks to man ! A spade ! a rake ! a hoe ! A pickaxe, or a bill ! A hook to reap, or a scythe to mow, A flail, or what ye will — Whatever the tool to ply, Here is a willing drudge, With muscle and limb — and wo to him Who... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1845 - 164 Seiten
...A bone and a, crust, with a grace to God, A spade ' a rake ! a hoe ! A pickaxe, or a bill ! A hook to reap, or a scythe to mow, A flail, or what ye will — Whatever the tool to ply, Here is a willing drudge, With muscle and limb, and woe to him Who does... | |
| Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 Seiten
...rick, and show The skies blood-red with wrath. A spade! a rake! a hoe! A pickaxe, or a bill! A hook to reap, or a scythe to mow, A flail, or what ye will— The corn to thrash, or the hedge to plash, The market team to drive, Or mend the fence by the cover... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 Seiten
...a grace to God, And little thanks to man ! A spade ! a rake ! a hoe ! A pickaxe, or a bill ! A hook to reap, or a scythe to mow, A flail, or what ye will — Whatever the tool to ply, Here is a willing drudge, With muscle and limb — and wo to him Who... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1849 - 430 Seiten
...rick, and show The skies blood-red with wrath. A spade ! a rake ! a hoe ! A pickaxe, or a bill ! A hook to reap, or a scythe to mow, A flail, or what ye will — The corn to thrash, or the hedge to plash, The market team to drive, Or mend the fence by the coVer... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 Seiten
...a grace to God, And little thanks to man I A spade ! a rake ! a hoe ! A pickaxe, or a bill ! A hook to reap, or a scythe to mow, A flail, or what ye will — Whatever the tool to ply, Here is a willing drudge, With muscle and limb, and woe to him Who does... | |
| Edward Josiah Stearns - 1853 - 330 Seiten
...and show The skies blood-red with wrath. ' A spade ! a rake ! a hoe ! A pickaxe, or a bill ! A hook to reap, or a scythe to mow, A flail, or what ye will— The corn to thrash, or the hedge to plash, The market team to drive, Or mend the fence by the cover... | |
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