 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,...  The Mourner's Gift - Page 21edited by - 1837 - 192 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Nicholas Carlisle - 1818 - 998 pages
...here : If thou wilt, let us build—but for whom ? MATT, xvii, 4. Shall we build to ambition ? oh, no! Affrighted he shrinketh away ; For, see ! they would pin him below, In a small narrow cave, and begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey! To beauty... | |
 | Nicholas Carlisle - 1818 - 994 pages
...for whom ? Nor ELIAS nor MOSES appear, But the shadows of eve, that encompass the gloom, The abode of the dead, and the place of the tomb. Shall we build to ambition ? oh, no ! Affrighted he shrinketh away ; For, see ! they would pin him below, In a small narrow cave,... | |
 | Noah Worcester, Henry Ware - 1819 - 504 pages
...but for whom ? Nor Elias nor Moses appear; But the shadows ofeve that encompass the gloom ; The abode of the dead and the place of the tomb. Shall we build...shrinketh away ; For see they would pin him below ln a small narrow cave, and begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles, a peer and a prey. To... | |
 | 1819 - 402 pages
...whom Î îior Elias, nor Moses appear, But the shadows of eve, that encompass the gloom, The abode of the dead, and the place of the tomb. Shall we build to Ambition? Oh, no! Affrighted, he shrinketh away ; For see ! they would pin him below, To a small narrow cave,... | |
 | 1819 - 754 pages
...but for whom ? Nor Elias nor Moses appear: But the shadows of eve that encompass uith gloom The abode of the dead and the place of the tomb. Shall we build to Ambition ? Oh, no ! Affrighted, he ihrinketh away, For see, they would pin him below In a small narrow cave,... | |
 | John Evans - 1819 - 444 pages
...but for WHOM ? Nor Elias nor Moses appear, But the shadows of eve that encompass the gloom, The abode of THE DEAD and the place of THE TOMB. Shall we build to AMBITION ? Oh no- — Affrighted he shrinketh away ; For see — they would pin him below In a small narrow... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1819 - 592 pages
...encompass the gloom, The abode of the dead and the place of the tomb. 2. Shall we build to Ambition? Oh, no ! Affrighted he shrinketh away : For see, they would pin him below, In a small narrow cave, and begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey. 3. To Beauty?... | |
 | 1819 - 596 pages
...encompass the gloom. The abode of the dead and the place of the tomb. Z. Shall we build to Ambition? Oh, no ! Affrighted he shrinketh away : For see, they would pin him below, In a small narrow cave, and begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey. 3. To Beauty?... | |
 | 1819 - 500 pages
...build—but for whom f Nor Eliasnor Muses appear; But the shadows ofeve that encompass the gloom; Tbe abode of the dead and the place of the tomb. Shall we build to amhition ? ah no ( Affrighted he shrinked] away; For see they would pin him below In a small narrow... | |
 | 1819 - 384 pages
...but. for whom? Nor Elias nor Moses appear, But the shadows of eve tost encompass the gloom, The abode of the dead and the place of the tomb. Shall we build to Amhition? Oh, no! Affrighted be shrinketh away; For see they would hind him below, In a small narrow... | |
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