 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 - 1844 - 738 strani
...The гете!, the laugh, and the jeer! Ah! here ie a plentiful board! But the guests are all mute aa s rose slowly through their mouths, And from their bodies pass Shall we build to Affection and Love! Ah no! they have withered and died, Or fled with the spirit above.... | |
 | William Cartwright Newsam - 1845 - 264 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... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 strani
...And here, in the grave, are all metals forbid, Save 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. Should we build to Affection and Love ? Ah, no ! they have wither'd and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
 | John Hall - 1845 - 354 strani
...which mirth' can aflbrd' — The revel', the laugh' and the jeer' ? Ah* I here is a plentiful boardv, But the guests are all mute' as their pitiful cheer', And none but the worm/l is a reveler her6. 7. Shall we build to Affection and Love1 ? Ah, no ! they have withered and... | |
 | Christian lyre - 1846 - 188 strani
...; 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 we build to affection and love ? Ah ! no ; they have withered and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 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,...is a plentiful board ! But the guests are all mute at their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here ! Shall we build to affection and... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 strani
...Alas ! 'tis in vain : Who hid, in their turns have been hid ; The treasures are squandered again ; To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, The revel,...pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller hero. Shall we build to Affection and Love ? Ah ! no : they have withered and died, Or fled with the... | |
 | 1850 - 340 strani
...again ; And here in the grave are all metals forhid, 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 wither'd and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
 | Esq. J. B. (Barrister-at-Law.), John Bill - 1850 - 586 strani
...again, And here in the grave are all metals forhid, But the tinsel that shone on the dark coffin lid. To the Pleasures which mirth can afford, The revel,...the laugh, 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.... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 strani
...revel, the langh, and the jeer ? HOW-D'YE-DO AMD OOOD-BYH. 517 Ah ! here is a plentiful board I Bat the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to Affection and Love ? Ah, no 1 they have wither'd and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
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