 From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go mark him well : For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch, concentred...  The poetical works of sir Walter Scott - Seite 172von sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1821 - 542 Seiten
...Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And,...down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. if. ART. XXI — Italy. By Lady Morgan. 2 Vols. 4to. London, 1821. Lady Morgan,... | |
 | 1822 - 418 Seiten
...Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And,...whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 442 Seiten
...Boundless his wealth, as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch, concentered all in self — Living — shall forfeit fair renown,...whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. Lay of the last Minstrel, cant. vi. Inhabitants of wild and desolate regions, of long extended plains,... | |
 | Catherine George Ward - 1824 - 720 Seiten
...wish can claim,— The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, Ami, ilimhly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung." SIR WALTER SCOTT. " GREAT sir, your orders are obeyed," uttered Lavalette, " the dispatches are already... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 560 Seiten
...though his titles, proud his fame, Boundlesn his wealth, as wish can claim, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living shall forfeit fair renown, And doubly dying shall go down, To the rile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung." Caroline asked Count Altenberg, who... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 454 Seiten
...though his titles, proud his fame, Boundless his wealth, as wish can claim, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living shall forfeit fair renown, And...whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung-" Caroline asked count Altenberg, who seemed well acquainted with English literature, if he had ever... | |
 | George Wilkins - 1825 - 504 Seiten
...Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentered all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And,...whence he sprung. Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung.' And this is not the mere feeling of the present times, but of every former age. It was so with the... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 460 Seiten
...though his titles, proud his fame, ' , Boundless his wealth, as wish can claimv The wretch, concentred all in self, Living shall forfeit fair renown, And...whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung." Caroline asked count Altenberg, who seemed well acquainted with English literature, if he had ever... | |
 | 1826 - 434 Seiten
...Boundless his wealth as wish can claim: Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentered all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And,...down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 Seiten
...Bouudless his wealth as wish can claim; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And,...dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence lie sprung. Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. II. 0 (Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic... | |
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