 The charms that she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings which dizen the proud?...  The Quarterly Review - Страница 383под редакцията на - 1819Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1851 - 496 страници
...skin which, but yesterday, fools could adore, For tine smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of pride, The trappings...laid aside ; And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, But the long winding-sheet, and the fringe of the shroud. To riches ? Alas ! 'tis in vain... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 страници
...The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings...they are all laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornments allowed, But the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches? Alas ! 'tis... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1851 - 964 страници
...skin which but yesterday fool's could adore, For the smoothness it held or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride ? The trappings which dizen the proud, Alas! they•are all laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed, But the long winding-sheet,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 страници
...here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, Save the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches? Alas! 'tis in vain; Who hid in their turns have been hid ; The treasures are squander'd again; And here in the grave are all metals forbid Save the tinsel that shines on the dark... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 страници
...skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride — The trappings which dizen the proud 1 Alas ! they are all laid aside — And here 's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, But the long... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 страници
...hut yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothuess it held or the tint which it wore. Shall we huild to the purple of Pride, The trappings which dizen...laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, Save the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches ? Alas ! 'tis in vain... | |
 | Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 страници
...skin which but yesterday fools could adore For the smoothness it held, and the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings...here's neither dress nor adornment allowed But the long-winding sheet, and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches ? Alas, 'tis in vain ! Who hid, in their... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 страници
...which, but yesterday, fools could adore For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it won-. 264 Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings...laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, But the long winding sheet, and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches l alas ! 'tis in vain,... | |
 | Lays - 1862 - 406 страници
...skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride — The trappings...aside — • And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, But the long winding-sheet, and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches ? Alas ! 'tis in vain... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 страници
...The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held or the tint which it wore. To Riches? Alas ! 'tis in vain ; Who hid in their turns have been hid; 1 The treasures are squandered again ; And here in the grave are all metals forbid, But the tinsel... | |
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