 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 475publié par - 1809Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...of hoary mouldered walls. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Hae cleave With pliant arm thy glassy wave ! The captive...idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle' Л sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And... | |
 | James Goodeve Miall - 1851 - 382 pages
...exist, its principal site is now occupied by edifices of a less imposing and more peaceful character. " Time has seen — that lifts the low, And level lays...— Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanities of state. A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...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... | |
 | James Goodeve Miall - 1852 - 376 pages
...level lays the lofty brow, — Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanities of state. A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's...day, Is all the proud and mighty have, Between the eradle and the grave." * We think with pleasure how the spot, once resounding with the histories of... | |
 | 1856 - 412 pages
...Concealed in ruins, moss, and weeds; While ever and anon there falls Hugo heaps of hoary moldered walls ; Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken wall complete, Big with the vanity of state; How transient is tho smile of fate I A little rule, a... | |
 | John Dyer - 1761 - 200 pages
...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,... | |
 | David Lowenthal - 1985 - 522 pages
...Death, pp. 610-13. Other writers emphasized transience ('all passes but God'), the futility of vanity ('A little rule, a little sway, / A sunbeam in a winter's...proud and mighty have / Between the cradle and the grave')301 or the brevity of men's lives compared with their works ('what is my existence in comparison... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow. Has been this broken pile compleat. 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, 90 Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And... | |
 | Rodney Stenning Edgecombe - 1996 - 304 pages
...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 the lofty Brow, Has seen this broken Pile compleat, Big with the Vanity of State; But transient is the Smile of Fate! A little Rule, a little... | |
 | Christopher J. P. Smith - 1997 - 394 pages
...of ruined monarchical power: While ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary mouldered walls. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile compleat, Big with the vanity of state; But transient is the smile of fate! A little rule, a little... | |
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