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 - Seite 475herausgegeben von - 1809Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | David Lewis - 1726 - 320 Seiten
...lays the lofty Brow, Has feen this broken Pile compleat, Big with the Vanity of Stdte ; But tranfient is the Smile of Fate ! A little Rule, a little Sway,...Mighty have, Between the Cradle and the Grave. And fee the Rivers how they run, Thro' Woods and Meads, in Shade and Sun, Sometimes fwift, and fometimes... | |
 | David Lewis - 1726 - 320 Seiten
...Big with the Vanity of State ; But tranfient is the Smile of Fate! A little Rule, a little Sway, t, A Sun-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 Shade and Sun, Sometimes fwift, and fometimes... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1755
...the vanity of ftate; Bat tranfient is the fmile of fate ! A little rule, * 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 made and fun, Sometimes fwift, and fbmetimes... | |
 | 1758
...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 (hade and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes flow,... | |
 | John Dyer - 1761 - 175 Seiten
...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 fliade and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes flow,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765
...ftate ; But tranfient is the finile of fate ? A little I \ 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, Through woods and meads, in (hade and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1766
...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, Through woods and meads, in made and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes flow,... | |
 | 1782
...the vanity of flate : 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 flow,... | |
 | 1782
...vani y of ftate.5 But tranfient is the fmile.of fats ! A little rule, a little fw.;siy, , , 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, Through woodi and meads, in fhade and Sometimei fwift, fometimes flow,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1785 - 405 Seiten
...vanity of flate ; > But tranfient is the fmile of fate ; J 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, Through woods and meads, in fhade and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes... | |
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