 | British poets - 1824 - 676 Seiten
...worth, when disesteem'd. Young's Night Thoughts, n. 3. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's...:" And " dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. Ibid, n. 4. Behold the picture of earth's happiest man : He calls his wish, it comes ; he sends it... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1824 - 294 Seiten
...had thrice wept. By its side, another speaks, in its marble stillness, the words of the moral poet, " What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's...And " dust to dust!" concludes her noblest song." Let the stranger, who discovers these vestiges, know that his foot presses the dust of her, of whom... | |
 | 1824 - 312 Seiten
...seen, are by those notes of approbation so swelled beyond their real bulk that they will hardly shut. What tho' we wade in wealth or soar in fame ! Earth's highest station ends in Here he lies ! And tlust to dust concludes her noblest song ! The author of these lines is not without his Hicjacet. His... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1824 - 292 Seiten
...its marble stillness, the words of the moral poet, " What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in fume ? Earth's highest station ends in, here he lies, And " dust to dust^" concludes her noblest song." Let the stranger, who discovers these vestiges, know that his foot presses the dust of her, of whom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 384 Seiten
...that they will hardly shut. What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame I Earth's highest statiou ends in Here he lies ! And dust to dust concludes her noblest song! The author of these lines is not without his Hie jacet. By the good sense of his son, it contains none... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 Seiten
...; Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? \ j What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in fame, Earth's...lies:" And " dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. If this song lives, posterity shall know One, tho' in Britain born, with courtiers bred, Who thought... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 524 Seiten
...those notes of approbation so swelled beyond their real bulk, that they will hardly shut What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ! Earth's highest...lies ! And dust to dust concludes her noblest song ! The author of these lines is not without his hicjacet. By the good sense of his son, it contains... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 520 Seiten
...those notes of approbation so swelled beyond their real bulk, that they will hardly shut. What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ! Earth's highest...lies ! And dust to dust concludes her noblest song ! The author of these lines is not without his hicjacei. By the good sense of his son, it contains... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 Seiten
...those notes of approbation so swelled beyond their real bulk, that they will hardly shut. What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ! Earth's highest station ends in, Here he lies ! And iliixt to dust concludes her noblest song ! The author of these lines is not without his hicjacet.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 Seiten
...those notes of ap- • >ation so swelled beyond their real bulk, that they will lly shut. What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ! Earth's highest station ends in, Here he lies ! And iliixt to dust concludes her noblest song ! e author of these lines is not without his hicjacet. By... | |
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Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in, " Here he lies," And " Dust to dust 
