 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 Seiten
...worst : Wishing, that constant hectic of a fool. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest...:" And " dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. Shall our pale wither'd hands, be still stretch'd out, Trembling, at once, with eagerness and age ?... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 580 Seiten
...proverb should be in one line ; but the privilege may be extended to so fine a saying as the celebrated " Earth's highest station ends in ' Here he lies ' ; And ' dust to dust ' concludes her noblest song." It would be well if some of those loudest in their praises of Young would bear in mind the following... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 402 Seiten
...seen, are by those notes of approbation so swelled beyond their real bulk, that they will hardly shut. What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ! Earth's highest station ends in Here lie lies ! And dust to dust concludes her noblest song ! The author of these lines is not without his... | |
 | Collection - 1821 - 336 Seiten
...unsatisfactory nature of our enjoyments, and on the instability of all earthly possessions. They tell us, that " Though we wade in wealth or soar in fame, Earth's highest station ends in—Here he lies !" As I have endeavoured to make it a useful and instructive collection, I am not... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 Seiten
...seen, arc by those notes of approbation so swelled beyond their real bulk, that they will hardly shut. What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame! Earth's highest station ends in Here he lies ! Aud dust to dust concludes her noblest song ! The author of these lines is not without his Hie jacet.... | |
 | 1822 - 382 Seiten
...FRONTISPIECE. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth or soar in fain, , Earth's highest station ends in—' Here he lies,' And dust to dust concludes her noblest song. LONDON: Yousc. PRINTED FOR G. & WB WIIITTAKER, 13, AVE MARIA LANE, C. THURNAM, ENGLISH-STREET, CARLISLE,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 404 Seiten
...seen, are by those notes of approbation so swelled beyond their real bulk, that they will hardly shut. What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ! Earth's highest station ends in Here he lies ! And dmt to dust concludes her noblest song ! z 3 The author of these lines is not without his Hie jacet.... | |
 | Collection - 1823 - 334 Seiten
...unsatisfactory nature of our enjoyments, and on the instability of all earthly possessions. They tell us, that " Though we wade in wealth or soar in fame, Earth's highest station ends in — Here he lies !" As I have endeavoured to make it a useful and instructive collection, I am not without hopes that... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1824 - 294 Seiten
...wept. By its side, another speaks, in its marble stillness, the words of the moral poet, " What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest...And " dust to dust!" concludes her noblest song." Let the stranger, who discovers these vestiges, know that his foot presses the dust of her, of whom... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 Seiten
...when disesteem'd. Young's Night Thoughts, n. 3. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest...:" And " dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. Ibid, n. 4. Behold the picture of earth's happiest man : He calls his wish, it comes ; he sends it... | |
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Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in, " Here he lies," And " Dust to dust 
