 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 - Stran 475uredili: - 1809Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Enfield - 1785 - 460 strani
...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 - 484 strani
...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 - 292 strani
...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 - 322 strani
...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 - 1086 strani
...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 - 418 strani
...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 - 440 strani
...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 - 482 strani
...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 - 584 strani
...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 - 456 strani
...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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