 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
 | Samuel Rogers - 1839 - 510 pages
...her parting smile, And toil, and wish, anf}weep a little while; Then melt, ye elemenls, that form'd in vain This troubled pulse, and visionary brain !...memorials of my doom, And sink, ye stars, that light me to ihe tomb! Trulh, ever lovely, — since the world began, The foe of tyrants, and the friend of man,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...know delight but by her parting smile', And toil', and wish*, and weep a little while', Then m4lt*, ye elements' ! that formed in vain' This troubled pulse and visionary brain* ! Fade*, ye wild flewers* ! memorials of my doom* ; * And sink*, ye stars' 1 that light me to the tomb*. CHAPTER IV.... | |
 | 1840 - 368 pages
...by her parting smile, And toil, and wish, and weep a little whileThen 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 can... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1840 - 376 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 ! Fade, ye wild flowers, memorials of my doom, Truth, ever lovely, — since the world began, The foe of tyrants, and the friend of man, — How can... | |
 | Richard Marks - 1841 - 270 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 !" CAMPBELL. But blessed be God, things are not so. There is a Gospel of peace given unto man ; and... | |
 | 1841 - 358 pages
...melt, 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... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 pages
...know delight but by her parting smile', And toil', and wish*, and weep a little while'j Then miH*, ye elements' ! that formed in vain' This troubled...And sink*, ye stars' ! that light me to the tomb*. CHAPTER IV. OF FORCE, ACCENT, AND EMPHASIS. * FORCE. THE terms loud and soft, strong and weak, are... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 516 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 can... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...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! Fade, ye wild flowers, memorials of my doom I And sink, ye stars, that light me to the tomb ! Truth, ever lovely, since the world began, The foe... | |
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