| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 648 pages
...these stanzas from ' Tht HeritagtJ one of Mr. LOWKI,L'S latest efforts, every way admirable ? ' Tns rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick,...white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold, Nor dares to wear a garment old : A heritage, it seems to me. One would not care to hold in fee. * The... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1844 - 574 pages
...meaning at all, have an assuming one. We close our extracts with the fine poem called " The Heritage." " THE rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick,...white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold, Nor dares to wear a garment old ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. " The... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 308 pages
...unshent, With a world- wide throe, Heaves to and fro From continent to continent. 1842. THE HERITAGE. THE rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick,...white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold. Nor dares to wear a garment old ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. The... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 pages
...unshent, With a world-wide throe, Heaves to and fro From continent to continent. 1&J2. THE HERITAGE. THE rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick,...white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold, Nor dares to wear a garment old ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. The... | |
| John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...the souls of those who shed it ! LESSON CXLIX. THE RICH MAN'S SON, AND THE TOOK MAN'f SON. JR LOWELL. The rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick,...white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold ; 6 Nor dares to wear a garment old : A heritage, it seems to me, One would not care to hold in fee... | |
| 1872 - 812 pages
...caused me, on my knees, to say, 'Our Father, which art in heaven.' " portrp. THE HERITAGE. BY JR LOWELL. THE rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick;...white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold, Nor dares to wear a garment old : A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. The... | |
| Theodore Dwight - 1847 - 838 pages
...preserves. — Mag. of Horticul. THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE. IP tan« The Pnor and Rich. BY JAS. K. LOWELL. The rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick and stone and gold, And lie inherits soil while hands, And lender flesh that fears the cold, Nor (¡ares lo wear a garment... | |
| 1855 - 424 pages
...THE POOR MANS SON. BY JB LOWELL. The rich man's eon inherits lands, And piles of brick, and »tone, and gold ; And he inherits soft, white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold ; Nor dares to wear a garment old : A heritage, it seems to me, One would not care to hold in fee. The rich... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pages
...quiet slumber. Efet Sargent, The rieh man's son inherits lands, And piles of briek, and stone,iand gold, And he inherits soft white hands, And tender flesh that fears the eold, Nor dares to wear a garment old : A heritage, it seems to me, One searee would wish to hold in... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1856 - 624 pages
...heart and true, And quiet slumber. Epes Sargent. The rieh man's son inherits lands, And piles of briek, and stone, and gold, And he inherits soft white hands, And tender flesh that fears the eold, Nor dares to wear a garment old : A heritage, it seems to me, One searee would wish to hold in... | |
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