 | Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pàgines
...tomb. Shall we build to Ambition ? oh, no ! Affrighted he shrinketh away ; For see ! they would fix him below, In a small narrow cave, and begirt with...here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, But the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud ! To Richet ? alas ! 'tis in vain ; Who hid, in their... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1824 - 380 pàgines
...knew him. Shall we build to Ambition? oh, no ! Affrighted he shrinketh away; For, see ! they would fix him below, In a small narrow cave, and begirt with...laid aside; And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'il, But the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud ! To Riches? alas ! 'tis in vain... | |
 | 1824 - 588 pàgines
...which, but yesterday, fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it w ore. . Alas they are all laid aside; And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, But the long winding-sheet, and the fringe and the shroud. Shall we build to the purple of Pride,— The trappings... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 426 pàgines
...she forgets The charms which She wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin that but yesterday fools could adore. For the smoothness...laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed Save the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches ? Alas, 'tis in vain ;... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 430 pàgines
...she forgets The charms which She wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin that but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness...laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed Save the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches ? Alas, 'tis in vain ;... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 498 pàgines
...she forgets The charms which She wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin that but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness...laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed Save the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches ? Alas, 'tis in vain ;... | |
 | 1828 - 398 pàgines
...frets The skin which, but yesterday, fools could adore For the smoothness it held, or the tint whichit wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings...here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, But the long winding sheet, and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches? Alas! 'tis in vain, Who hid in their turns... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 422 pàgines
...worm that he frets The skin that but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or th, tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of...laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed Save the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches ? Alas, 'tis in vain ;... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 pàgines
...held, or the tint, which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of pride, The trappings which dizzen the proud ? Alas ! they are all laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd But the long winding-sheet, and the fringe of the shroud. To riches 7 Alas ! 'tis in vain, Who hid, in their... | |
 | 1820 - 688 pàgines
...they arc all laid aside ; And here's neither dress nor adornment allow d, Bui the long winding tbeet, and the fringe of the shroud ! To riches .' alas ! 'tis in vain, Who hid in iheir turns have been hid ; The treasures are squandered again ; Bo! here io Ihe irrave arc all metals... | |
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In a small narrow cave, and begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey. To BEAUTY ? Ah, no ! she forgets The charms which she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools could adore... 
