 | Choice poems - 1879 - 206 strani
...dizen the proud ? Alas ! they are all laid aside ; And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, But the long winding-sheet, and the fringe of the...hid, in their turns have been hid ; The treasures are squander'd again ; And here, in the grave, are all metals forbid, But the tinsel2 that shone on the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 826 strani
...they are all laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornments allowed, But the long wiudiug-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches ? Alas ! 'tis...are squandered again ; And here in the grave are all metais forbid But the tinsel that shines on the dark coftiu-lid. To the pleasures which Mirth can iiiluiil,... | |
 | Passages, John Allen Giles - 1881 - 744 strani
...which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride — The trappings which dizen the proud ? Alas i they are all laid aside ; And here's neither dress...have been hid : The treasures are squandered again ; A ud here in the grave are all metals forbid, But the tinsel that shone on the dark coffin-lid. To... | |
 | English poets - 1889 - 596 strani
...The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held or the tint which it wore. To Riches ? Alas ! 'tis in vain ; Who hid in their...squandered again ; And here in the grave are all metals forbidj But the tinsel that shines on the dark coffin-lid. The first tabernacle to Hope we will build,... | |
 | Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - 1880 - 1108 strani
...allowed, Save the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches? Alas, 'tis in vain; Who hide Save the tinsel that shines on the dark coffin lid. To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, The revel,... | |
 | 1888 - 916 strani
...dizen the proud ? Alas ! they are all laid aside ; And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, But the long winding-sheet, and the fringe of the...hid, in their turns have been hid : The treasures are squander'd again, And here, in the grave, are all metals forbid, But the tinsel that shone on the dark... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1890 - 394 strani
...adornment allowed, But the long winding-sheet, and the fringe of the shroud To Riches? Alas, 't is in vain ! Who hid, in their turns have been hid :...treasures are squandered again ; And here in the grave axe all metals forbid, But the tinsel that shines on the dark coffin-lid. To the pleasures which Mirth... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 452 strani
...nor adornments allowed, But the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the •brood. To Riches? Alas t 'tis in vain ; Who hid, in their turns have been hid...are squandered again ; And here in the grave are all metale forbid But the tinsel that shines on the dark coffin-lid. To the pleasures which Mirth can afford,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 strani
...winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches? r-ias 1 'tis in vain ; Who hid, in their turn have been hid : The treasures are squandered again ; And here in the grave are all metals forbid. Bit the tinsel that shines on the dark coffin-lid. To the pleasures which Mirth can afford — The... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1904 - 890 strani
...allowed, But the long winding-sheet, and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches ? Alas, 'tis in vain I Who hid, in their turns have been hid : The treasures...are squandered again ; And here in the grave are all met;ils forbid, But the tinsel that shines on the dark coffin-lid. To the pleasures which Mirth can... | |
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The skin that but yesterday fools could adore. For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings which dizen the proud ? Alas ! they are all laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed... 
