 (¡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
 | English periodicals - 1872 - 774 pages
...Moral " to the story with one of the specimens of the poet's prolific talent in rhyming :— Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold,...light to hold ; Hoarded, barter'd, bought and sold : Spurned by the young, but hugg'd by the old To the ver)' verge of the churchyard mould ; Price of... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1872 - 776 pages
...“Moral” to the story with one of the specimens of the poet's prolific talent in rhyming :— Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold,...light to hold; Hoarded, barter'd, bought and sold: Spurned by the young, but hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould; Price of many... | |
 | Readers - 1872 - 232 pages
...wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Ex. 109. —GOLD. —Hood. OLD ! 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,... | |
 | Life - 1873 - 342 pages
...few pieces of yellow metal seem to him of more value than all the friendship in the world. " 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 hugg'd... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1873 - 524 pages
...be, And they brought it in as Felo de Se, " Because her own Leg had kill'd her I" HER MORAL. GOLD ! Gold! Gold! Gold ! Bright and yellow, hard and cold,...roll'd ; Heavy to get, and light to hold; Hoarded, barterM, bought, and sold, Stolen, borrowM, squander^, doled: Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the... | |
 | E. J. Silverton - 1874 - 216 pages
...and homage to do so. The golden lines of Thomas Hood will appear in this place very good :— "Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold,...roll'd; Heavy to get, and light to hold; Hoarded, harter'd, bought, and sold, Stolen, borrow'd, squandered, doled : Spum'd hy the young, hut hugg'd by... | |
 | Harry John Wilmot- Buxton - 1875 - 266 pages
...one object is to make money, for this they toil, and wear out their strength, their cry is ever for " Gold, gold, gold, Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven, hammer'd, and roll'd. Heavy to got, and light to hold ; Hoarded, barter'd, bought and sold, To the very verge of the Churchyard mould."... | |
 | Thomas Hood - Bookbinding, Victorian - 1876 - 618 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,...hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould; Price of many a crime untold; Gold ! Gold ! Gold ! Gold 1 Good or bad a thousand-fold ! How... | |
 | William John Loftie - 1876 - 270 pages
...refused, and said she was very strong, and could go down as soon as the bell CHAPTER VH. A TEMPTEK. 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." HOOD. HAT evening after dinner, when Mr. Radcliffe was alone... | |
 | Thomas Hood - Bookbinding, Victorian - 1876 - 600 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,...bought, and sold, Stolen, borrow'd, squander'd, doled: Spum'd by the young, but hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould; Price of many... | |
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