 Lurk'd in her hand, and mourn'd his captive Queen: He springs to Vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate Ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply. 100 Oh thoughtless mortals!...  Tales and Novels - Seite 18von Maria Edgeworth - 1836Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 230 Seiten
...The nymph, exulting, fills with shouts the sky ; The walls, the woods, and long canals, reply. 100 O thoughtless mortals ! ever blind to Fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate. Sudden these honours shall be snatch'd away, And curs'd for ever this victorious day. For lo ! the... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1814 - 448 Seiten
...occasion. CHAPTER XXII. Letter from Alfred. * This appears to have been written some months after the vacation spent at the Hills. " Oh! thoughtless mortals,...the man whom Rosamond called Counsellor Name-less, the lawyer, who snatched a good point from me in arguing Mr. Hauton's cause. This very circumstance... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1814 - 446 Seiten
...occasion. CHAPTER XXII. Letter from Alfred. This appears to have been written some months after the vacation spent at the Hills. " Oh ! thoughtless mortals,...to fate, " Too soon dejected, and too soon elate." V ou remember, I am sore, my dear Father, how angry we were some time ago with that man, whose name... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1815 - 446 Seiten
...VOL. II. N CHAPTER XXII. Letter from Alfred. This appears to have been written some months after the vacation spent at the Hills. " Oh ! thoughtless mortals,...Mr. Hauton's cause. This very circumstance has been the means of introducing me to the notice of three men, all eminent in their profession, and each with... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 Seiten
...fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs ; To steal from rainbows, ere they drop their show'rs, SetAgain : Oh, thoughtless mortals ! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate. Sudden, these honours shall be snatch'd away, And curs'd for ever this victorious day. Third order.... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 Seiten
...gale, Nor let th' imprison'd essences exhale; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flow'rs; Again: Oh, thoughtless mortals ! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate. Sudden, these honours shall be snatch'd away, And curs'd for ever this victorious day. Third order.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 418 Seiten
...Ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky ; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply. O thoughtless mortals ! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate. Sudden these honours shall be snatch'd away, And curs'd for ever this victorious day. For lo ! the... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1819 - 334 Seiten
...retired in disgust, leaving the aunts and nieces to struggle for the glorious prize. CHAPTER XI. " O thoughtless mortals, ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate, Sudden these honours shall be snatched away !" POPE. " MY dear child, you played that last stroke like... | |
 | John Moore - 1820 - 476 Seiten
...it off the plain. An universal shout of joy, triumph, and applause burst from the beholders; but, O thoughtless mortals, ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate ! the victorious ball, pursuing the enemy too far, shared the same fate, and was buried in the same... | |
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 470 Seiten
...it off the plain. An universal shout of joy, triumph, and applause burst from the beholders; but, O thoughtless mortals, ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate ! the victorious ball, pursuing the enemy too far, shared the same fate, and was buried in the same... | |
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