 Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven, hammered and rolled ; Heavy to get, and light to hold ; Hoarded, bartered, bought, and sold, Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled : Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old To...  The Works of Thomas Hood - Page 306by Thomas Hood - 1864Full view - About this book
 | James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 492 pages
...As the touchstone trieth gold, so gold trieth men's minds, whether they be good or bad. — Chilon. Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven, hammer'd, and roll'd ; Heavy to get, and light to hold ; Hoarded, barter'd, bought, and sold ; Stolen,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1867 - 464 pages
...Jury debated from twelve till three What the Verdict ought to be, And they brought it m as Felo-de-Se, Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven, hammer'd and roll'd; Heavy to get, and light to hold ; Hoarded, barter'd, bought, and sold, Stolen,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1867 - 524 pages
...ought to be, And they brought it in as Felo de Se, " Because her own Leg had kill'd her !" HER MORAL. GOLD! Gold! Gold! Gold ! Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven, hammer'd and roll'd ; Heavy to get, and light to hold ; Hoarded, barter'd, bought, and sold, Stolen,... | |
 | Franz Hoffmann - 1868 - 252 pages
...rest sweet indeed after their hard day's toil. CHAPTER VII. JBreamsf. " Gold ! gold ! gold ! gold ! Heavy to get and light to hold ! Hoarded, bartered,...bought and sold, Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled. * * * * Price of many a crime untold, Gold ! gold ! gold ! gold ! " fj|ARLY next morning a spot was... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Taylor - 1868 - 292 pages
...points bringing up the rear. Apd so }t gpep, through three mortal columns ' Gold, gold, gold, gold I Bright and yellow, hard and cold; Molten, graven, hammered and rolled, Heavy to get, but light to hold.' And what a list of returned wanderers ! I glance rapidly down the A's, the B's,... | |
 | Mary Louise Redd Cook - Southern States - 1868 - 336 pages
...man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul ?" it fell unheeded upon her ear. She still sought Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven, hammered, rolled, Heavy to get, and light to hold. dience as well as disobedience. But they had long since become... | |
 | Epigrams - English wit and humor - 1868 - 144 pages
...along ; With supple knees to cringe and crawl, And cloven feet placed under all. THE RULING POWER. Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven, hammer'd, and roll'd ; Heavy to get, and light to hold ; Hoarded, barter'd, bought and sold, Stolen,... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...SCOTT. The Antiquary. Chap. xi. Gold ! Gold ! Gold ! Gold ! Bright and yellow, hard and cold. Her Moral. Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould. ibid. How widely its agencies vary — To save — to ruin — to curse — to bless — As even its... | |
 | Joseph Townend - Biography & Autobiography - 1869 - 276 pages
...again return to the goldfields. Such a course as this led ta violence, debauchery, and robbery. Oh, Gold, gold, gold ; Bright and yellow, hard and cold...Molten, graven, hammered and rolled ; Heavy to get, but light to hold ; Hoarded, bartered, bought and sold ; Stolen, borrowed, squandered and dolod ; Spurned... | |
 | Winifred Taylor - Artists - 1870 - 320 pages
...gold! gold I gold ! Hoarded, barter'd, bought, and Hold, Stolen, borrow'd, squander'd, doled, Spurn'd by the young, but hugged by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould." —HOOD. JHE first spring days had hardly returned before Rupert received a message which recalled... | |
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