 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 - Page 475redigeeritud poolt - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 298 lehte
...the vanity of ftate ; But tranfient is the fmile of fate ! 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 fhade and fun '• Sometimes fwift, fometimes... | |
 | 1817 - 296 lehte
...Concealed 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...vanity of state ; > But transient is the smile of fate. J In the church at Berry Pomeroy, which was built by one of the Pomeroy family, is an elaborate alabaster... | |
 | 1839 - 894 lehte
...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...vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of fate 1 A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between... | |
 | James Storer - 1817 - 208 lehte
...which, viewed from the beacb, has a very majestic and awful appearance. Time, which brings the mighty low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this...broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state. It resembles, in shape, nearly two sides of an oblique spherical triangle with the points ruunded off;... | |
 | John Evans - 1818 - 564 lehte
...Francis Wrangham — it is a treasure of Biography. 202 LEICESTER ABBEY. Has seen this broken file complete, Big with the vanity of state ! But transient...rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day, Is nil the PROUD and MIGHTY have Between the cradle and the grave 1 DYER. * Such, my young friend, is... | |
 | William Upcott - 1818 - 516 lehte
...WINGFIELD, in Derbyshire. . By THO. BLORE, of the Society of the Middle Temple, and FSA" " . . . . Time has seen, that lifts the low And level lays the...broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state." DYER'S Grongar Hill. MDCCXCIH. The History of the Manor of South Wingfield, dedicated to the Rt. Hon.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 lehte
...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...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... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1819 - 412 lehte
...this broken pile complete, ^ Big with the vanity of state : C But transient is the smile of Fate ! J A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's...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... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 414 lehte
...in ruins, moss, and weeds ; j "While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulderM walls, 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,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 412 lehte
...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...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... | |
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