Big with the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. Elegant Extracts - Strona 475pod redakcją - 1809Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| William Enfield - 1785 - Liczba stron: 460
...vanity of flate ; > But tranfient is the fmile of fate ; J A little rule, a little fway, A fun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers how they run, Through woods and meads, in fhade and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes... | |
| Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1789 - Liczba stron: 484
...of ftate; f But tranfient is the fmile of fate ! J ( A little rule, a little fwiy, , " , A fun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. • And lee the rivers how they run, Thro' woods and meads, in fhade and fun, Sometimes fwift, and fometimes... | |
| Thomas Sheridan - 1796 - Liczba stron: 292
...comes a refle&ion which muft be read fioidy and deliberately. A little rule, a little fway, A fun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers how they run Thro' woods and meads, in (hade and fun ; Sometimes fwift, fometimes flow,... | |
| 1800 - Liczba stron: 322
...Conceal'd in ruins, moss, and weeds; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays...rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day, Js all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And see the rivers how they run... | |
| John Britton - 1815 - Liczba stron: 1086
...Concealed in ruins, moss, and weeds ; While ever and anon there fall Huge heaps of hoary mouldered wall. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays...of state ; — But transient is the smile of fate." 1 See also the pedigree of Mr. Johnes of Havod, given in Dr. Meyrick's History of Cardiganshire, p.... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - Liczba stron: 418
...weeds; \ While , ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd wall*. Yet time has been that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow...vanity of state ; > But transient is the smile of fate ; J A little rule ,,a little sway , A sun-beam in a -winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have... | |
| John Evans - 1804 - Liczba stron: 440
...in ruin, moss, and weeds; \.\ While ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary mouldered walls. Yet Time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays...pile complete, Big with the vanity of state ; But transieht is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A Sun-beam in a winter's day. Is all... | |
| John Evans - 1804 - Liczba stron: 482
...an abrupt hill, covered with woods, appear the ivied walls and rugged turrets of Dinefawr Castle. " Yet time has seen that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile compleat, Big with the vanity of state." I before observed that this was the seat of the South Wallian... | |
| Robert Forsyth - 1805 - Liczba stron: 584
...monuments of the devastations produced by time. We are reminded of the word of the poet, Time hat wen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow ; Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanities of state. A little rule, a little way, A sun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and... | |
| William Enfield - 1805 - Liczba stron: 456
...tranfient is the fmile of fata; J Big with the vanity cfftate ; I A little rule, a little fway, A fun-beam in, a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave, And fee the rivers how they run. Through woods and meads, in fhade and fun, Sometimes fwiftly, fometimes... | |
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