 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 páginas
...the toad ; And there the fox securely feeds; And there the pois'nous adder breeds, Conceal'd in rums, moss, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps 'of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 558 páginas
...the toad; And there the fox securely feeds; And there the poisonous adder hreeds, Conceal'd in ruins, moss, and weeds; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet Time has seen, "that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty hrow, Has seen this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 páginas
...the toad; And there the fox securely feeds; And there the poisonous adder breeds, Cunceal'd in ruins, moss, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of lioary moulder'd walls. Yet Time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen... | |
 | James Storer - 1811 - 318 páginas
...left.hand side, which still remains, was the refectory, and is now converted into a stable and offices. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow — Has seen this broken pile complete,i] Big with the vanity of state i But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 páginas
...toad ', . And there the fox securely feeds ; And there the poisonous adder breeds, Conceal'd in ruins, moss, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder' d walls. Yet time as seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this... | |
 | Robert Chapman (of Glasgow.) - 1812 - 322 páginas
...monuments of the devastations produced by time. We are reminded of the words of the poet, Prior, " Time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays...brow; Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanities of state. A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 298 páginas
...; And there the fox fecurely feeds, And there the pois'nous adder breeds, Conceal'd in ruins, mofs, and weeds; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet time has fcen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has feen this... | |
 | 1839 - 894 páginas
...toad ; And there the fox securely feeds ; And there the poisonous adder breeds, Conceal'd in ruins, moss, and weeds ; While ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, — Has seen... | |
 | John Evans - 1818 - 564 páginas
...there the fox securely feeds, J And there the poisonous adder breeds, > Conceal'd in ruins, mos«, and weeds; ) While ever and anon there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls ; Yet time has been that lifts the low, And level lays the lufty brow, * See the British... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 418 páginas
...toad j And there the fox securely feeds ; And there the poisonous adder breeds, Conccal'd in ruins, moss, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this... | |
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Big with the vanity of state; But transient is the smile of fate! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And see the rivers how they run, Thro... 
