 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
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1839 - 264 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. NATURE MOURNING FOR POETS. Call it not vain — they do not err Who say, that... | |
 | Mary Ashdowne - 1839 - 328 Seiten
...as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch concentred all in selfLiving, shall forfeit fair renown ; And, doubly dying, shall...whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. " There are yet many features of the autumn calculated to make lasting impressions on the mind of man,... | |
 | 1840 - 378 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. Vol. II.— T Oh Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 Seiten
...Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, Despite those titles, pow'r, 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, Land... | |
 | Henry Stuart Foote - 1841 - 416 Seiten
...wealth, as wish can claim; The wretch, concentred all in self, Despite those titles, power and pelf, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And doubly dying,...down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung." The Anglo-American population of Texas, as a mass, are not deserving of reproach... | |
 | 1851 - 592 Seiten
...aggrandisement or national emolument — the historian who breathes on his pages a lying spirit, ' Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And doubly dying,...down, To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoored, and unsung.' Of misguided historic genius I shall submit but one example: but that n noble... | |
 | P. Sadler - 1841 - 362 Seiten
...claim ; Despile those lilies, power, and pelf (2) , The wretch concentered all in self, Living (3), shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying , shall...down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung (4). WALTER SCOTT. EVE'S ADIEU TO PARADISE. Must I thus leave thee , Paradise... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1841 - 418 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 doubly dying shall go down To the vHe dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, uohonour'd, and unsung." Caroline asked count Altenberg, who... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 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, doubly dying, shall go down Deloraine, who, roused from his bed of sickness, rushes into the lists, and apostrophizes his fallen... | |
 | William Erigena Robinson - 1842 - 76 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, unhonored, and unsung." It has been the custom in some cities, and I regret to be compelled to say,... | |
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