 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Liczba stron: 746
...moss, and weeds j While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary mouldered wall«. Yet time ha« or neglect, where success would have been without applause, and diligence without complete, Big with the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of fate ! A little rule, a little... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - Liczba stron: 490
...in ruins, moss, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps2 of hoary mouldered walls. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, 1 Deep are his feet — Though this is a common-place metaphor in itself, yet its use here... | |
 | William Goodman - 1845 - Liczba stron: 340
...of wonderful variety." Of many of these old buildings we may say : " Time, which brings the mighty low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of slate." In which we may still observe : " And all the hinder parts,... | |
 | Book - 1847 - Liczba stron: 216
...Conceal'd in ruins, moss, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there fall Huge heaps of hoary, moulder'd wall. Yet time has seen — that lifts the low, And level...lays the lofty brow — Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state : But transient is the smile of fate ! A little rule, a little... | |
 | M Joseph Denison - 1849 - Liczba stron: 276
...GENTLEMAN PADDOCK FOR HORSES PAST LABOUR, NEAR AN OLD RUIN, CALLED MACDUFF'S CASTLE. " Yet time has been, that lifts the low, " And level lays the lofty brow ; " Has seen this broken pile complete, " Big with the vanity of state." Dyer. THE gen'rous steed — once favourite of the fair,... | |
 | 1851 - Liczba stron: 496
...Conceal'd in ruins, moss, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there fall Huge heaps of hoary, moulder'd wall. Yet time has seen — that lifts the low, And level...lays the lofty brow — Has seen this broken pile .complete, Big with the vanity of state : But transient is the smile of fate, A little rule, a little... | |
 | James Goodeve Miall - 1851 - Liczba stron: 382
...exist, its principal site is now occupied by edifices of a less imposing and more peaceful character. " Time has seen — 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 sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - Liczba stron: 616
...in ruins, moss, and weeds; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary mouldering walls. Yet, time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen Ihis broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state; But transient is the smile of fate ! A little... | |
 | Edward Parry - 1851 - Liczba stron: 532
...and weeds; While ever and anon there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls! Yet time has been, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state ! But transient is the smile of fate — A little rule, a little... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - Liczba stron: 616
...While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary mouldering walla. Yet time has seen, that lilts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state; But transient is the smile of fate! A little rule, a little... | |
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Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. 
