 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
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 632 Seiten
...prostrate ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply. 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. For lo ! the... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 Seiten
...his Family Arms. Life can little more supply, Than just to look about us and to die. Pope, E. M, O thoughtless mortals ! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate ! Pope, Rape, in. 102 Even so luxurious men unheeding pass An idle summer-life in fortune's shine ;... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 Seiten
...ace. The nymph, exulting, fills with shouts the sky ; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply. О 4 I Sudden these honors shall be snatch'd away, And cursed for ever this victorious day. For lo ! The... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 Seiten
...ace. The nymph, exulting, fills with shouts the sky ; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply. Oh, thoughtless mortals ! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate ! Sudden these honors shall be snatched away, And cursed for ever this victorious day. For lo! the... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 Seiten
...little more supply, Than just to look about us and to die. 2705 Pope : Essay on Man. Epis. i. Line 3. 0 thoughtless mortals ! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate ! 2706 Pope : R. of the Lock. Canto Hi. Line 101. Even so luxurious men unheeding pass An idle summer-life... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1885 - 68 Seiten
...ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky ; • The walls, the woods, and long canals reply. Oh thoughtless mortals ! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate. ,90 Sudden these honors shall be snatch'd away, And curs' d for ever this victorious day. For lo I... | |
 | Thomas Young Crowell - 1885 - 702 Seiten
...prostrate ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply. Oh thoughtless mortals ! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate. Sudden, these honors shall be snatch'd away, And curs'd for ever this victorious day. For lo ! the... | |
 | Dalhousie University - 1887 - 206 Seiten
...(A) New forms arise, and different views engage, Superfluous lags the vet'ran on the stage. (») 0 thoughtless mortals, ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate. (j) Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. 4. Define accurately clinch, bias, tympany, sequacious,... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1889 - 442 Seiten
...nymph exnlting fills with shonts the sky; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply. Oh thonghtless mortals ! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate. 390 Sndden these hononrs shall be snatch'd away, And cnrs'd for ever this victorions day. For lo !... | |
 | Beatrice Whitby - 1890 - 334 Seiten
...question, the door cautiously opened and Mrs. Long's head was thrust through the aperture. CHAPTER XXI. " O thoughtless mortals ! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected and too soon elate." MRS. LONG, with her finger on her lips, beckoned me mysteriously into the hall, and then, with every... | |
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