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... Tales and Novels - Seite 132von Maria Edgeworth - 1836Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Esq. Henry Mead - 1839 - 38 Seiten
...Boundless his wealth, as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentrated all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And,...whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd and unsung." SCOTT. AMID the infinite variety of subjects which attract the attention of the student of humanity,... | |
| 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 - 368 Seiten
...swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all...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
...though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, Despite those titles, pow'r, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living...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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 Seiten
...swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all...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... | |
| 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... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1841 - 418 Seiten
...go mark him well, High 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... | |
| 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... | |
| Samuel Church - 1842 - 104 Seiten
...Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite his 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 was here that our eyes first opened upon the light of heaven ; it was among... | |
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