 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
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 strani
...in rums, 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...have Between the cradle and the grave. And see the rivers how they run, Through woods and meads, in shade and sun, Sometimes swift, sometimes slow, Wave... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 strani
...in ruins, mosi, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, tlicre falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet Time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays...vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of Fate 1 A lil tie rule, a little sway, ' , A sun -beam in a winter's day, I all the prond and mighty have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 strani
...in ruins, moss, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of lioary moulder'd walls. Yet Time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays...broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state j But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day,... | |
 | James Storer - 1810 - 492 strani
...left'hand side, which still remains, was the refectory, and is now converted into a stable and offices. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays...broken pile complete,.} Big with the vanity of state : V But transient is the smile of Fate '. j A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day,... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 strani
...in ruins, moss, and weeds; J While, ever and anon there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays...broken pile complete, } Big with the vanity of state ; r But transient is the smile of fate ! J A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 558 strani
...walls. Yet Time has seen, "that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty hrow, Has seen this hroken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state ; But...the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sun-heam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 strani
...this broken pile complete, V Big with the vanity of state ; V. But transient is the smile of fate ! j A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's...have Between the cradle and the grave. . And see the rivers how they run Thro' woods and meads, in shade and sun. Sometimes swift and sometimes slow, Wave... | |
 | James Storer - 1811 - 318 strani
...left.hand side, which still remains, was the refectory, and is now converted into a stable and offices. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow — Has seen this broken pile complete,i] Big with the vanity of state i But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little... | |
 | Robert Chapman (of Glasgow.) - 1812 - 322 strani
...monuments of the devastations produced by time. We are reminded of the words of the poet, Prior, " Time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays...brow; Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanities of state. A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and... | |
 | John Feltham - 1813 - 368 strani
...Castle, which perhaps should have been mentioned before. THE CASTLE. Time, which brings the mighty low. And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this...broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state. • On the hill to the westward of the town are the remains of this large and ancient structure, which... | |
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