 | Archibald Duncan - 1834 - 1044 pages
...of times ; thus creating a sufficient incentive to dig on the spot. ' Dream after dream ensues ; ' And still they dream that they shall still succeed, ' And still are disappointed !' " Colonel Thomas Forrest, who died in 1828, at the age of 83, had been in his early days a youth... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 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,...With the vain stir. I sum up half mankind, And add two-thirds of the remaining half, And find the total of their hopes and fears Dreams, empty dreams.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 446 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,...With the vain stir. I sum up half mankind, And add two-thirds of the remaining half, And find the total of their hopes and fears Dreams, empty dreams.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 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,...With the vain stir. I sum up half mankind, And add two-thirds of the remaining half, And find the total of their hopes and fears Dreams — empty dreams.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 206 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 cny As if created only like the fly, That spreads Ills motley wings in th' eye... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pages
...they are lost In chace 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 the eye of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 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,...With the vain stir. I sum up half mankind, And add two-thirds of the remaining half, And find the total of their hopes and fears Dreams, empty dreams.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 pages
...they are lost 125 In chase of fancied happiness, still wooed 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 remainder half, And find the total of their hopes and fears Dreams, empty... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...they are lost 125 In chase of fancied happiness, still wooed 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 remainder half, And find the total of their hopes and fears Dreams, empty... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...they are lost In chase of fancied happiness, still wco'd And never won. Dream after dream ensues ; And still they dream that they shall still succeed,...With the vain stir. I sum up half mankind, And add two-thirds of the remainder half. And find the total of their hopes and fears Dreams, empty dreams.... | |
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And never won. Dream after dream ensues ; And still they dream, that they shall still succeed ; And still are disappointed. 
