 This frail and feverish being of an hour, Doomed o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift as the tempest travels on the deep, To know Delight but by her parting smile, And toil, and wish, and weep, a little while; Then melt, ye elements, that...  Pamphlets: Education. English. 1810-1906] - Page 261835Full view - About this book
 | Solomon Southwick - 1834 - 336 pages
...on the de«p, To know delight but by her parting smile, And toil, and wish, and weep a little while; Then melt, ye elements, that formed in vain This troubled...doom ! And sink, ye stars, that light me to the tomb! But to return to your creed : — The second.third and fourth articles of it may be passed over by... | |
 | Solomon Southwick - 1834 - 340 pages
...parting smile, Then melt, ye elements, that formed in vain And toil, and wish, and weep a little while; This troubled pulse, and visionary brain! Fade, ye...doom! And sink, ye stars, that light me to the tomb! But to return to your creed :-^The second,third and fourth articles of it may be passed over by me,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1835 - 258 pages
...the deep, To know Delight but by her parting smile, And toil, and wish, and weep, a little while ; Then melt, ye elements, that formed in vain This troubled...doom ! And sink, ye stars, that light me to the tomb ! Truth, ever lovely, since the world began, The foe of tyrants, and the friend of man, — How can... | |
 | J. Warren Farlin - 1835 - 100 pages
...— " a lamp unto his feet, and a light unto his path V If so, " Then melt, ye elements, that form'd in vain " This troubled pulse and visionary brain...doom, " And sink, ye stars, that light me to the tomb !" Let us see how the great argument stands between us, and, if possible, detect the real source of... | |
 | Andrew Thomson - 1835 - 302 pages
...elements, that form'd in vain, This troubl'd pulse and visionary brain ! Fade, ye wild flowers, memorial of my doom,. And sink ye stars, that light me to the tomb ! Truth, ever lovely — since the world began, The foe of tyrants and the friend of man, — How can... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 pages
...on the deep, To know delight but by her parting smile, And toil, and wish, and weep a little while ; Then melt, ye elements ! that formed in vain This...Fade, ye wild flowers ! memorials of my doom ; And sing,- ye stars ! that light me to the tomb; Truth ! ever lovely — since the world began^ The foe-... | |
 | 1836 - 388 pages
...ye elements, that form'd in vain This troubled pulse, and visionary brain ! Fade, ye wild-flowers, memorials of my doom ! And sink, ye stars, that light me to the tomb ! Truth, ever lovely, since the world began, The foe of tyrants, and the friend of man, — How can... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1837 - 332 pages
...her parting smile, And toil, and wish, and weep a little while ; Then melt, ye elements, that form'd in vain This troubled pulse, and visionary brain !...doom, And sink, ye stars, that light me to the tomb ! Truth, ever lovely,— since the world began, The foe of tyrants, and the friend of man, — How... | |
 | Truth - 1837 - 566 pages
...her parting smile, And toil, and wish, and weep a little while Then melt, ye elements, that form'd in vain This troubled pulse, and visionary brain !...doom, And sink, ye stars, that light me to the tomb !' " " Well," said Mr. Nimrod — for so we afterwards called him — " That is a very fine apostrophe... | |
 | 1838 - 634 pages
...deep — To know Delight but by her parting smile, And toil, and wish, and weep a little while — Then melt, ye elements, that formed in vain This troubled...doom, And sink, ye stars, that light me to the tomb." " Let Wisdom smile not on her conquered field ; No rapture dawns, no treasure is revealed. Oh ! let... | |
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