 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
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810
...in ruins, mosi, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, tlicre 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 lil tie rule, a little sway, ' , A sun -beam in a winter's day, I all the prond and mighty have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810
...in ruins, moss, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of lioary moulder'd walls. Yet Time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays...broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state j But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day,... | |
 | James Storer - 1810
...left'hand side, which still remains, was the refectory, and is now converted into a stable and offices. 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,... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810
...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...broken pile complete, } Big with the vanity of state ; r But transient is the smile of fate ! J A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 612 Seiten
...walls. Yet Time has seen, "that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty hrow, Has seen this hroken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state ; But...the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sun-heam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 300 Seiten
...this broken pile complete, V Big with the vanity of state ; V. But transient is the smile of fate ! j A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's...have Between the cradle and the grave. . And see the rivers how they run Thro' woods and meads, in shade and sun. Sometimes swift and sometimes slow, Wave... | |
 | James Storer - 1811
...left.hand side, which still remains, was the refectory, and is now converted into a stable and offices. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow — Has seen this broken pile complete,i] Big with the vanity of state i But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little... | |
 | Robert Chapman (of Glasgow.) - 1812 - 288 Seiten
...monuments of the devastations produced by time. We are reminded of the words of the poet, Prior, " Time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays...brow; Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanities of state. A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and... | |
 | John Feltham - 1813
...Castle, which perhaps should have been mentioned before. THE CASTLE. Time, which brings the mighty low. And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this...broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state. • On the hill to the westward of the town are the remains of this large and ancient structure, which... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 286 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 fhade and fun '• Sometimes fwift, fometimes... | |
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