 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
 | 1842 - 820 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,...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 Love... | |
 | 1843 - 686 strani
...the dark coffin lid. To the Pleasures that Mirth can afford, — • The Revel, the Laugh, and ihe Jeer ? Ah, here is a plentiful board ! But the guests are all mute as the pityless cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to Affection and Love... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 strani
...again ; And here in the grave are all mortals 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 Aflection and Love? Ah! no; they have wither'd and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
 | William Morrison Engles - 1844 - 274 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,...the laugh, and the jeer ? Ah ! here is a plentiful hoard, But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is reveller here.... | |
 | Willis Gaylord Clark - 1844 - 486 strani
...again; And here in the grave are all metals forbid, Save the tinsel that shines on the dark coffin-lid. But 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 1 Ah no ! they have withered and died, Or flown with the spirit... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 strani
...again ; And here in the grave arc all metals forbid But the tinsel that shines on the dark coffin lid. y : — Slop thief 1 here is a plentiful board ! But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 strani
...board, But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, The revel, the laugh, and the jeer? Or fled with the spirit above. Friends, brothers, and sisters are laid side by side, Yet none have... | |
 | 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... | |
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