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" 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. "
Two Poets of the Oxford Movement: John Keble and John Henry Newman - Page 23
by Rodney Stenning Edgecombe - 1996 - 296 pages
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Miscellaneous Poems: By Several Hands

David Lewis - 1726 - 346 pages
...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...
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Miscellaneous Poems: By Several Hands

David Lewis - 1726 - 350 pages
...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...
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London Magazine: Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer..., Volume 1

1735 - 682 pages
...with the vanity of ftatej But tranfient is the fmileoffate! A littk rub, a little fway, A fun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. Thefe paffages are poetical, and merit a higher commendation than they have received. Many of the verfes,...
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A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes, Volume 1

Robert Dodsley - 1755 - 356 pages
...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...
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A Collection of Poems ...

Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 384 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 made and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes flow,...
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A Collection of Poems

1758 - 352 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,...
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Poems. By John Dyer, L.L.B.: Viz. I. Grongar Hill. II. The Ruins of Rome ...

John Dyer - 1761 - 196 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 fliade and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes flow,...
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A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands, Volume 1

Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 392 pages
...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...
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A collection of poems, by several hands [ed. by R. Dodsley]. [2 other copies ...

Collection - 1766 - 356 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, Through woods and meads, in made and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes flow,...
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The Works of the English Poets: Dyer; Mallet

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 362 pages
...But tranfient is the finile 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 ran, Through woods and meads, in made and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes flow,...
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