 To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, The revel, the laugh, and the jeer ? Ah ! here is a plentiful board ! But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here.  The African Repository - Stran 2541834Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 strani
...again ; And here in the grave are all metals forbid But the tinsel that shines on the dark coffin lid. * t Ah ! here is a plentiful board ! But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 strani
...again ; And here in the grave are all metals forbid But the tinsel that shines on the dark coffin lid. To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, The revel, the laugh, and the jeer ? Shall we build to Affection and Love ? Ah no ! they bave*withered and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 604 strani
...vain : Who hid, in their turns have been hid ; The treasures are squandered again ; HERBERT KNOWLES. To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, The revel,...pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to Affection and Love ? Ah ! no : they have withered and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 strani
...— And here in the grave are all metals forbid, But the tinsel that shone on the dark coffin-lid. To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, — The revel...But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, A id none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to Affection and Love 1 Ah, no ! they have... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 strani
...pleasures which Mirth can afford, The revel, the Inugh, and the jeer? Ah ! here is a plentiful hoard ! But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none hut the worm is a reveller here. Shall we huild to Affection and Love ? Ah no ! they have wither'd... | |
 | Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 strani
...: And here, in the grave, are all metals forbid, But the tinsel which shone on the dark coffin lid. To the pleasures which mirth can afford ? The revel,...pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to affection and love ? Ah, no ! they have withered and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
 | Lays - 1862 - 406 strani
...— And here in the grave are all metals forbid, But the tinsil that shone on the dark coffin-lid. To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, — The revel,...pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to Affection and Love ? Ah, no ! they have withered and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 strani
...again ; And here in the grave are all metals forbid, But the tinsel that shone on the dark coffin lid. To the Pleasures which mirth can afford, The revel,...pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to Affection and Love ? Ah ! no ; they have withered and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
 | Half hours - 1863 - 408 strani
...again ; And here in the grave are all metals forbid, But the tinsel that shines on the dark coffin-lid. To the pleasures which mirth can afford, The revel,...pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall wo build to Affection and Love ? Ah no ! they have withered and died, Or fled with the Spirit... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1863 - 420 strani
...again ; And here in the grave are all metals forbid, But the tinsel which shone on the dark coffin lid. To the Pleasures which mirth can afford, The revel,...pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to Affection and Love 1 Ah ! no ; they have withered and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
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