| William Cowper - 1826 - 242 страници
...discernment prais'd, And sound integrity, not more than fam'd For sanctity of manners undefil'd. 200 All flesh is grass, and all its glory fades Like the fair flow'r dishovell'd in the wind ; Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream ; The man we celebrate... | |
| James Mason - 1827 - 96 страници
...riv'd The clanging time-piece, central more, and fix'd, As from a point, though lost, to be reviv'd : " All flesh is grass, and all its glory fades Like the fair flow'r dishevell'd in the wind," Exclaims the bard of innocence and home And mighty arbitrage o'er... | |
| Samuel Thomas Bloomfield - 1828 - 830 страници
...which ia unfolded in the words following, of this image we have an imitation in Cowper's Task, B 3., " All flesh is grass, and all its glory fades " Like the fair flower dishevelled in the wind." The Future is put for the Present, or rather the Aorist, Hebraice. Upon the whole, it may be well to... | |
| 1828 - 212 страници
...admiration of the great, the learned, and the wise ? — of the patriotic benefactor of the people ?* " All flesh is grass, and all its glory fades, " Like the fair flow'r dishevell'd in the wind. " The man we celebrate must find a tomb, " And we that worship him,... | |
| William Cowper - 1828 - 468 страници
...deep discernment prais'd, And sound integrity, not more than fam'd For sanctity of manners undem'd. All flesh is grass, and all its glory fades Like the fair flpw'r dishevell'd in the wind ; Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream. The man we celebrate must... | |
| 1828 - 216 страници
...admiration of the great, the learned, and the. wise?—of the patriotic benefactor of the people ?* " All flesh is grass, and all its glory fades, " Like the fair flow'r dishevell'd in the wind. " The man we celebrate must find a tomb, " And we that worship him,... | |
| William Cowper - 1830 - 328 страници
...deep discernment praised, And sound integrity, not more than famed For sanctity of manners undefiled. All flesh is grass, and all its glory fades Like the fair flower dishevel'd in the wind ; Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream. The man we celebrate must find... | |
| Robert Huish - 1830 - 474 страници
...— King. Mute will be the spectator's woe, and silent his sorrow, while he will say with the poet All flesh is grass, and all its glory fades Like the fair flower disshevelled in the wind ; Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream ; The man we celebrate must find... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 страници
...deep discernment prais'd, And sound integrity, not more than fam'd For sanctity of manners undefil'd. All flesh Is grass, and all its glory fades Like the fair flow'r dishevell'd in the wind; Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream. The man we celebrate must... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - 602 страници
...more than tuned For sanctity of manners undeii led. , V All flesh is grass, and all it* glory fade * ' Like the fair flower dishevelled in the wind ; Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream. The man we, celebrate 'must find a tomb, And we that worship him ignoble graves. Nothing is proof against... | |
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