 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 475edited by - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...in ruins, moss, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps2 of hoary mouldered walls. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays...the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, 1 Deep are his feet — Though this is a common-place metaphor in itself, yet its use here in pointing... | |
 | William Goodman - 1845 - 340 pages
...of wonderful variety." Of many of these old buildings we may say : " Time, which brings the mighty low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of slate." In which we may still observe : " And all the hinder parts, that few could spy, Were ruinous... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 pages
...Conceal'd in ruins, moss, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there fall Huge heaps of hoary, moulder'd wall. Yet time has seen — that lifts the low, And level...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... | |
 | William Goodman - 1847 - 336 pages
...of wonderful variety." Of many of these old buildings we may say : " Time, which brings the mighty low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this...broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state." In which we may still observe : " And all the hinder parts, that few could spy, Were ruinous and old,... | |
 | M Joseph Denison - 1849 - 276 pages
...GENTLEMAN PADDOCK FOR HORSES PAST LABOUR, NEAR AN OLD RUIN, CALLED MACDUFF'S CASTLE. " Yet time has been, that lifts the low, " And level lays the lofty brow...broken pile complete, " Big with the vanity of state." Dyer. THE gen'rous steed — once favourite of the fair, Caress' d and pamper'd by a master's care... | |
 | 1851 - 496 pages
...Conceal'd in ruins, moss, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there fall Huge heaps of hoary, moulder'd wall. Yet time has seen — that lifts the low, And level...Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle mid the grave. And see the livers, how they run Through woods and meads, in shade and sun, Sometimes... | |
 | Edward Parry - 1851 - 532 pages
...and weeds; While ever and anon there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls! Yet time has been, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow,...PROUD and MIGHTY have Between the cradle and the grave !" — DYER. 8 As a proof of the progress of rational refinement, and the habits of different ages,... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...moulder'd walls. Yet time has been, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen the broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state...have Between the cradle and the grave. And see the rivers how they run, Through woods and meads, in shade and sun, Sometimes swiftly, sometimes slow,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary mouldering walla. Yet time has seen, that lilts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this...little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the prond and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And see the rivers, how they run Through woods,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...mouldering walls. Yet, time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen Ihis broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state;...little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the prond and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And see the rivers, how they run Through woods,... | |
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