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" And oh ! those maidens young, Who wrought in that dreary room, With figures drooping and spectres thin, And cheeks without a bloom ; — And the voice that cried, ' For the pomp of pride, We haste to an early tomb ! " ' For the pomp and pleasure of Pride,... "
The St. James's Magazine - Page 467
1867
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 8

1846 - 608 pages
...eyes of a child of pomp and luxury. " ' And oh ! those ma>dens young, Who wrought in that dre.-iry room, With figures drooping and spectres thin, And...of pride, We haste to an early tomb ! " ' For the pnmp and pleasure of pride, We toil like Afric slaves, And only to earn a home at last, Where yonder...
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Prose and Verse, Volume 1

Thomas Hood - 1845 - 434 pages
...wings, That came and flitted round, — Death, death, and nothing but death, In every sight and sound ! "And oh ! those maidens young, Who wrought in that...pride We haste to an early tomb !' " For the pomp and pleasures of pride ; We toil like the African slaves, And only to earn a home at last, Where yonder...
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Prose and Verse, Volumes 1-2

Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pages
...wings, That came and flitted round, — Death, death, and nothing but death, In every sight and sound ! "And oh ! those maidens young, Who wrought in that...pride We haste to an early tomb !' " For the pomp and pleasures of pride ; We toil like the African slaves, And only to earn a home at last, Where yonder...
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Voices of the True-hearted

1846 - 308 pages
...That came and flitted round, — Death, death, and nothing but death, In every sight and sound .' 1 And oh ! those maidens young, Who wrought in that...the pomp and pleasure of pride, We toil like Afric slaves, And only to earn a home at last, Where yonder cypress waves;1' — And then he pointed —...
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The Dublin university magazine

University magazine - 1846 - 780 pages
...working world passes before the eyes of a child of pomp and luxury. " ' And oh ! those maidens yonng, Who wrought in that dreary room. With figures drooping...the pomp and pleasure of pride, We toil like Afric slaves, And only to earn a home at last, Where yonder cypress waves ;" And then they pointed — I...
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Poems, Volume 2

Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 pages
...That came and flitted round, — Death, death, and nothing but death, In every sight and sound ! " And oh ! those maidens young, Who wrought in that...pride We haste to an early tomb !' " For the pomp and pleasures of pride ; We toil like the African slaves, And only to earn a home at last, Where yonder...
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Voices of the True-hearted

1846 - 302 pages
...That came and flitted round, — Death, death, and nothing but death, In every sight and sound ! < And oh ! those maidens young, Who wrought in that...; — And the voice that cried, " For the pomp of piide, We haste to an early tomb ! " For the pomp and pleasure of pride, We toil like Afric slaves,...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 8

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - 620 pages
...ma'dcns young, Who wrought in that dre;iry room, With figures drooping and spectres thin, And c'iceke without a bloom ; And the voice that cried, " For...the pomp and pleasure of pride, We toil like Afric slaves. And only to earn a home at last, Where yonder cypress waves;" And then they point- d — I...
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A New and old evangelical magazine, Volume 1

1846 - 352 pages
...administer not to defilement, but to purification,— purging all meats. * Ueinrich Zschokkc. XXV. FASHION. The voice that cried, For the pomp of pride, We haste to an early tomb ! Hood. Of the various forms of idolatry observable in civilized communities, none is more conspicuous...
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Prose and Verse

Thomas Hood - 1849 - 430 pages
...churchyard's dismal ground ! And those horrible things, with shady wings, That came and flitted round, — "And oh ! those maidens young, Who wrought in that...pride We haste to an early tomb !' " For the pomp and pleasures of pride ; We toil like the African slaves, And only to earn a home at last, Where yonder...
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