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" The rich man's son inherits cares ? The bank may break, the factory burn, A breath may burst his bubble shares, And soft white hands could hardly earn A living that would serve his turn ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. "
The North American Review - Page 298
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Poems

James Russell Lowell - Veterans - 1844 - 308 pages
...man's son inherits cares ; The bank may break, the factory burn, A breath may burst his bubble shares, And soft, white hands could hardly earn A living that...would serve his turn ; A heritage, it seems to me, The rich man's son inherits wants, His stomach craves for dainty fare ; With sated heart, he hears...
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Poems

James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 pages
...sated heart, he hears the pants Of toiling hinds with brown arms bare, And wearies in his easychair ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. What doth the poor man's son inherit ? Stout muscles and a sinewy heart, A hardy frame, a hardier spirit...
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The North American Review, Volume 58

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1844 - 574 pages
...sated heart, he hears the pants Of toiling hinds with brown arms bare, And wearies in his easychair ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. " What doth the poor man's son inherit? Stout muscles and a sinewy heart, A hardy frame, a hardier...
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The Methodist new connexion magazine and evangelical repository, Volume 75

1872 - 812 pages
...man's son inherits cares ; The bank may break, the factory burn; A breath may burst his bubble shares ; And soft white hands could hardly earn A living that would serve hia turn: A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. The rich man's son inherits...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: To the Middle of the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...man's son inherits cares ; The bank may break, the factory bum, A breath may burst his bubble shares, And soft, white hands could hardly earn A living that...rich man's son inherits wants. His stomach craves for dainly fare ; With sated heart, he hears the pants Of toiling hinds with brown arms bare, And wearies...
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Poems, Volume 1

James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 276 pages
...man's son inherits cares ; The bank may break, the factory burn, A breath may burst his bubble shares, And soft, white hands could hardly earn A living that...; With sated he'art, he hears the pants Of toiling hjncls with brown arms bare, And wearies in his easychair ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce...
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Osgood's Progressive Fifth Reader: Embracing a System of Instruction in the ...

Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...hold in fee. 2. The rich man's son inherits cares : A breath may burst his bubble shares: And.soft white hands could hardly earn A living that would...seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. x 3. The rich man's son inherits wants : His stomach craves for dainty fare; With sated heart, he hears...
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A Compendium of American Literature

Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...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 scarce would wish to hold in fee. The rich man's son inherits cares ; The hank may break, the factory burn, A breath may burst his bubble shares, And soft, white...
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Miscellaneous poems. Memorial verses. Sonnets. I-XXVII. L'Envoi. Vision of ...

James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...sated heart, he hears the pants Of toiling hinds with brown arms bare, And wearies in his easy chair ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. What doth the poor man's son inherit ? Stout muscles and a sinewy heart, A hardy frame, a hardier spirit...
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The Poetical Works of James R. Lowell: Complete in Two Volumes

James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...would wish to hold in fee. The rich man's son inherits cares ; A breath may burst his bubble shares, And soft white hands could hardly earn A living that would serve his turn; The bank may break, the factory burn, A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in...
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