This frail and feverish being of an hour; Doomed o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift as the tempest travels on the deep, To know Delight but by her parting smile, And toil, and wish, and weep a little while ; Then melt, ye elements, that... The Winter-bloom - Página 101editado por - 1850 - 240 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Thomas Campbell - 1803 - 162 páginas
...bigot's torch, the tyrant's chain? I smile on death, if heav'n-ward Hope remain! But, if the warring winds of Nature's strife Be all the faithless charter of my life, If Chance awak'd, inexorable pow'r! This frail and fev'rish being of an hour, Doom'd o'er the world's precarious... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1804 - 144 páginas
...all the faithless charter of my life, If Chance awak'd, inexorable pow'r ! This frail and fev'rish being of an hour ; Doom'd o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift as the tempest travels oti the deep, To know Delight but by her parting smile, And toil, and wish, and weep a little while... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1804 - 182 páginas
...bigot's torch, the tyrant's chain? I smile on death, if Heav'n-ward Hope remain ! But, if the warring winds of Nature's strife Be all the faithless charter of my life, If Chance awak'd, inexorable pow'r ! This frail and fev'rish being of an hour, Doom'd o'er the world's precarious... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1811 - 214 páginas
...bigot's torch, the tyrant's chain ? I smile on death, if heav'n-ward Hope remain ! But, if the warring winds of Nature's strife Be all the faithless charter of my life, .. -u~ If Chance awak'd, inexorable power, This frail and feverish being of an hour; Doom'd o'er the... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1817 - 166 páginas
...bigot's torch, the tyrant's chain ? I smile on death, if Heaven- ward Hope remain ! But, if the warring winds of Nature's strife Be all the faithless charter...Doom'd o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swifs as the tempest travels on the deep, To know Delight but by her parting smile, And toil, and wish,... | |
| John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 páginas
...bigot's torch, the tyrant's chain ? I smile on death, if heaven-ward hope remain! But, if the warring- winds of Nature's strife Be all the faithless charter...inexorable power! This frail and feverish being of an hour, Doomed o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift as the tempest travels on the deep, To know... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 páginas
...bigot's torch, the tyrant's chain ? 45 I smile on death, if heaven-ward hope remain ! But, if the warring winds of Nature's strife Be all the faithless charter...inexorable power! This frail and feverish being of an hour, 50 Doomed o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift as the tempest travels on the deep, To... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 páginas
...bigot's torch,the tyrant's chnin ? I smile on death, if heavenward Hope remain ! But, if the warring winds of Nature's strife Be all the faithless charter...inexorable power, This frail and feverish being of an hour ; Doomed, o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift a.-; the tempest travels on the deep, To... | |
| J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 páginas
...bigot's torch, the tyrant's chain ? I smile on death, if Heav'n-ward Hope remain ! But, if the warring winds of Nature's strife Be all the faithless charter of my life, •• If Chance avrak'd, inexorable pow'r! This frail and fev'rish being of an hour, Duom'd o'er the world's precarious... | |
| George Merriam - 1828 - 286 páginas
...bigot's torch, the tyrant's chain ? I smile on death, if Heav'n-ward Hope remain ! But, if the warring winds of Nature's strife Be all the faithless charter of my life, If Chance awak'd, inexorable pow'r ! This frail and fev'rish being of an hour, Doom'd o'er the world's precarious... | |
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