 High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence...  The Mysteries of St. Clair; Or, Mariette Mouline ... - Seite 517von Catherine George Ward - 1824 - 624 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Walter Scott - 1805 - 334 Seiten
...power, and pelf, The wretch, concentered all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, 'and unsung. II. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 788 Seiten
...power, and pelf, The wretch, concentered all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown. And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. After introducing the ballads of three different bards, he finely concludes... | |
 | 1806 - 310 Seiten
...pov/er and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept,, unhonoured, and unsung. MAG1CK. T HE last extract we shall at present makeirom this amusing production... | |
 | Henry Smithers - 1807 - 254 Seiten
...titles, power, and pelf, The wretch concenter'd all in self, Living shall forfeit fair renown, And doubly dying shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. i n. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,... | |
 | 1811 - 432 Seiten
...titles, power and pelf, The wretch concentred all in self, Living shall foifeit fuir renown, And doubly dying shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung Unwept, unhonored, and unsung. An Epigram. SK.VB Johnny to Paddy, " I can't for my life, " Conceive how a dumb... | |
 | Charles Jared Ingersoll - 1810 - 186 Seiten
...power and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. T racter, Enterprise, public spirit, intelligence, faction and love of country... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 Seiten
...power, and pelf, The wretch, concentered all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. * II. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of... | |
 | John Galt - 1813 - 412 Seiten
...power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,... | |
 | John Galt - 1813 - 472 Seiten
...power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living shall forfeit fair renown, ^ And, doubly dying, shall go down - " • :} To the vile dust,...whence he sprung, .„ Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 Seiten
...power, and pelf, The wretch, concentered all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. II. O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown... | |
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