 | William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pages
...ftill are difappointed ; rings the world With the vain ftir. I fum up half mankind, And add two-thirds of the remaining half, And find the total of their hopes and fears Dreams, empty dreams. The million flit as gay As if created only like the fly, That fpreads his motley wings in th' eye of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...; rings the world VOL. II. y With With the vain ftir. I fum up half• mankind, And add two-thirds of the remaining half, And find the total of their hopes and fears Dreams, empty dreams. The million flit as gay As if created only like the fly, That fpreads his motley wings in th' eye of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...ftill are difappointed ; rings the world With the vain ftir. I fum up half mankind, And add two-thirds of the remaining half, And find the total of their hopes and fears Dreams, empty dreams. The million flit as gay As if created only like the fly, That fpreads his motley wings in th' eye of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 384 pages
...fhall ftill fucceed, And ftill are difappointed. Rings the world VOL. II. H With the vain ftir. I fum up half mankind, And add two thirds of the remaining...total of their hopes and fears Dreams, empty dreams. The million flit as gay As if created only like the fly, That fpreads his motley wings in th' eye of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...they dream that they shall still succeed, It. H And still are disappointed. Rings.the world With tb,e vain stir. I sum up half mankind} •. And add two...of their hopes and fears, ; Dreams, empty dreams. The million flit as gay As if created only like the fly, ., . .,...!/ ,; That spreads his motley wings... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 364 pages
...that they fliall ltill fucceed, And ftill are difappointed. Kings the world With the vain flir. I fum up half mankind, And add two thirds of the remaining...total of their hopes and fears Dreams, empty dreams. The million flit as gay As if created only like the fly, That fpreads his motley wings in th' eye of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...they are lost In chase of fancied happiness, still woo'd And never won. Dream after dream ensues ; And still they dream that they shall still succeed,...total of their hopes and fears Dreams, empty dreams. The million flit as gay As if created only like the fly, That spreads his motley wings in th" eye of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...they are lost In chase of fancied happiness, still woo'd And never won. Dream after dream ensues ; And still they dream that they shall still succeed,...total of their hopes and fears Dreams, empty dreams. The million flit as gay As if created only like the fly, That spreads his motley wings in th' eye of... | |
 | 1802 - 302 pages
...they are lost 135 In chase of fancied happiness, still woo'd And never won. Dream after dream ensues ; And still they dream that they shall still succeed,...the world With the vain stir. I sum up half mankind, 130 And add two thirds of the remaining half, And find the total of their hopes and fears Dreams, empty... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 364 pages
...that they fhall ftill fncceed, And ftill are difappointed. Rings the world With the vain ftir. I fum up half mankind, And add two thirds of the remaining...total of their hopes and fears Dreams, empty dreams. The million flit as gay As if created only like the fly, That fpreads his motley wings in the eye of... | |
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And never won. Dream after dream ensues ; And still they dream, that they shall still succeed ; And still are disappointed. 
