 All human things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey: This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long: In prose and verse, was own'd, without dispute Through all the realms of Non-sense,...  The Works of John Dryden,: Religio laici, or a Layman's Faith, an epistle ... - Seite 433von John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1885 - 482 Seiten
...collated for the purposes of this edition. Its origin does not seem to be known, but it may be original. MAC-FLECKNOE. ALL human things are subject to decay,...young Was called to empire, and had governed long ; * Richard Flecknoe, the unfortunate bard whom our author has damned to everlasting fame, was by birth... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 654 Seiten
...poem, is poured all the satire and ridicule. The first twenty-eight lines have been often quoted : " All human things are subject to decay, And, when fate summons, monarchs must obey. This Flecknoc found, who, like Augustus, young Was called to empire, and had governed long ; In prose and... | |
 | 1888 - 910 Seiten
..." All human things are subject to decay ; Aud when fate summons, monnrcha must obey. This Fleckuoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was called to empire, and had governed long ; In prose and verso was owned without dieputa Throughout tho realms uf uonsenee absolute." It is but fair, however,... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1892 - 480 Seiten
...twitch'd his mantle blew ; To-morrow to fresh woods and pastures new. DRYDEN. MAC FLECKNO E. ALL humane things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons,...must obey. This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, younj; Was call'd to empire and had govern'd long, In prose and verse was owned without dispute i;... | |
 | 1892 - 524 Seiten
...some lone and far defile, Could I touch my rock with a lowly grace, And toss to the world a smile? All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey. DRYDEN, Mac Flecknoe. Whatever is, is in its causes just, Since all things are by fate; but purblind... | |
 | 1892 - 520 Seiten
...resting-place, In some lone and far defile, Could I touch my rock with a lowly grace. QUOTATIONS ON FATE. All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey. DRY DEN, Mac Flecknoe. Whatever is, is in its causes just, Since all things are by fate; but purblind... | |
 | John Dryden, William Dougal Christie - 1893 - 780 Seiten
...in the "Miscellany Poems." The text, as altered in 1684, is Drydcn's authorized text. MAC FLECKNOE. ALL human things are subject to decay And, when Fate...long, In prose and verse was owned without dispute 5 Through all the realms of Nonsense absolute.* This aged prince, now flourishing in peace And blest... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1885 - 476 Seiten
...of this edition. Its origin does not seem to be known, but it may be original. —Eo.] MAC-FLECKNOE. human things are subject to decay, And, when fate...young Was called to empire, and had governed long ; * Richard Flecknoe, the unfortunate bard whom our author has damned to everlasting fame, was by birth... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1896 - 520 Seiten
...means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. SHADWELL. [From Mac Flicknoe ; October, 1682.] All human things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey. This Flecknoe1 found, who, like Augustus, young Was called to empire and had governed long, In prose and... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 Seiten
...Frowns in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes the blow. a. COWPEH — A Fable. Moral. st Our youth, our joys, and all we have; And pays us naught but age and dust, Whi b. DRYDEK — Mac Flecknoe. L. 1. Forthose whom God to ruin has design'd, He fits for fate, and first... | |
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