 | John Gay - Fables - 1728 - 218 pages
...had health and ftrength, like you* The toils of fervitude I knew; Now grateful man rewards my 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... | |
 | Complete fabulist - 1732 - 402 pages
...had health and ftrength, like you, The toils of fervitude I knew; Now grateful man rewards my 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... | |
 | John Gay - Engraving, English - 1737 - 418 pages
...like you, The toils of fervitude I knew ; Now grateful man rewards my pains, And gives me all thcfe wide domains ; At will I crop the year's increafe,...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... | |
 | John Gay - Fables - 1746 - 212 pages
...had health and flrength, like you, The toils of fervitude I knew ; Now grateful man rewards my pains, And gives me all thefe wide domains; • At will I...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
...health and flrength, like you, The toils of fervitude I knew. Now Now grateful man rewards my pains, And gives me all thefe wide domains. At will I crop...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* thoufand ftruftures... | |
 | John Gay - Fables, English - 1772 - 308 pages
...had health and ftrength, like you, The toils of fcrvitude I knew. Now grateful man rewards my pains, And gives me all thefe wide domains. At will I crop...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 thoufand ftruftures... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 316 pages
...health and ftrength, like you, The toils of fervitude I knew ; Now grateful man rewards my pains, 4? And gives me all thefe wide domains. At will I crop...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 many thoufand ftruftures... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...I had health and ftrength, like The toils of fervitude I knew ; Now grateful man rewards my pains, And gives me all thefe wide domains. At will I crop the year's incrcalc ; My latter life is reit and peace« I grant, to man we lend our pams, And aid him to corrcft... | |
 | John Gay - Fables, English - 1792 - 250 pages
...had health and ftrength, like you, The toils of fervitude I knew. Now grateful man rewards my pains, And gives me all thefe wide domains. At will I crop...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 thoufand fIruftures... | |
 | 1794 - 918 pages
...had health and ftrcngth.likc yon, The toil» of fcrvitudc I knew ; Now grateful man rewards my pains, And gives me all thefe wide domains. At will I crop the year's increafc; My latter life is reft and peace. I grant, to man we lend our paint, And aid him to correa... | |
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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 fence us from inclement skies! 
