 (¡old! 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, borrow'd, squander'd, doled : Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the...  Scribners Monthly - Page 4361874Full view - About this book
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 pages
...clasps, the pillage of nations ? It is illuminated with tears and broken hearts. <80Rr. Gold ! Gold I Gold ! Gold ! Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten,...hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould ; Price of many a crime untold ; Gold ! Gold ! Gold ! Gold ! Good or bad a thousand-fold ! How... | |
 | George Augustus Sala - History - 1861 - 394 pages
...souls, and strengths—gold, " bright and yellow, hard and cold "—gold for bad and gold for good,— "Molten, graven, hammer'd and roll'd,— Heavy to get, and light to hold, Now stamped with the image of Good Queen Bess, And now of a Bloody Mary." -But how about the place... | |
 | Samuel Martin - 1863 - 352 pages
...Hood sing, —Hood, with laughter always on his lip, and with seriousness ever in his soul,— "Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold,...and roll'd; Heavy to get and light to hold; Hoarded, bartered, bought and sold, Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled: Spurned by the young, but hugged by... | |
 | Matilda Charlotte Houstoun - 1863 - 348 pages
...almost entirely a personal one, he had a right to feel in some degree ashamed. 42 CHAPTER IV. •Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold,...graven, hammer'd, and roll'd; Heavy to get, and light to hold!'—HOOD. A LOVELY night followed on that tumultuous evening,andthe fresh summer air, relieved... | |
 | 1866 - 366 pages
...be, And they brought it in as Felo-de-Se, " Because her own Leg had kill'd her!" JBcr .fHoral. Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold,...squander'd, doled: Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the ok To the very verge of the churchyard mould Price of many a crime untold ; AND HER PBECIOtjS LEG.... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - Cheshire (England) - 1867 - 296 pages
...to cover them; all this calls to mind the striking lines of our genial poet and satirist, HoodGold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold,...Heavy to get, and light to hold; Hoarded, barter'd, squander'd, doled: Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard... | |
 | James Fleming - 1870 - 792 pages
...with a stanza, penned upon me by a poet, one of a class which too often has known the want of me :— "Molten, graven, hammer'd and roll'd; Heavy to get,...hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould; The price of many a crime untold 1" THE KING Am HIS SCOTCH COOK. THE witty Earl of Rochester... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1871 - 472 pages
...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,...hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould; Price of many a crime untold ; Gold ! Gold! Gold! Gold : Good or bad a thousand-fold ! How widely... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1871 - 466 pages
...ought to be, And they brought it in as Felo de Se, " Because her own Leg had kill'd her !" HER MORAL. Molten, graven, hammer'd and roll'd; Heavy to get,...hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould; Price of many a crime untold; Gold! Gold ! Gold ! Gold ! Good or bad a thousand-fold! How widely... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1871 - 502 pages
...be, And they brought it in as Felo de Se, " Because her own Leg had kill'd her 1" HER MORAL. Gold ! Gold ! Gold ! Gold ! Bright and yellow, hard and cold,...hold ; Hoarded, barter'd, bought, and sold, Stolen, boiTOw'd, squander'd, doled : Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the... | |
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