THE wretch, condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter... Lives of wits and humourists - Página 275de John Timbs - 1862Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 páginas
...superfluous, nothing oit uf place, out of season, or out of proportion. " The wretch, condemned with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ; And every pang that rends his heart Bids expectation rise. Hope, like a glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers his way,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1849 - 1154 páginas
...unhappy offsprings of the Muse ushered into existence amid the distortions of music. Most of the Oratorio has passed into oblivion ; but the following song...every pang that rends the heart Bids expectation rise. -THE TRAVELLER." 187 " Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Illumes and cheers our way ; And still,... | |
| Hercules Ellis - 1849 - 296 páginas
...Alas 1 in death alone. HOPE. Songlet. . OOLDSMITH. The wretch condemned with life to part, Still 1 still ! on hope relies ; And every pang, that rends...expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns, and cheers the way : And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. CHIDE NOT... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1850 - 558 páginas
...And he who wants each other blessing, In thee must ever find a foe.f SONG-t The wretch condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on Hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart, Bides expectation rise.§ * [From the oratorio of the Captivity, written in 1764. See p. 94, in the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 160 páginas
...one, one little hour obey ; To-morrow's tears may wash the stain away. Air. The wretch, condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ; And every...expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. SECOND PRIEST.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1851 - 420 páginas
...Cketrles, in circumstances like those supponnd. CHAPTER XIX. THE SALLY. 11i« wretch condemn'd with life to part, Still still on hope relies, And every...expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still the darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. GOLDSMITH.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 476 páginas
...She long had wanted cause of fear. SONG. From the Ontario of the Caf Unity. THE wretch condemn'd with life to part; Still, still on hope relies ; And every...expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. SONG. From... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 162 páginas
...one, one little hour obey ; To-morrow's tears may wash the stain away. Air. The wretch, condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart, Hope, like the glimmering taper's light.. Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the... | |
| James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 páginas
...describes a captive under sentence of'douth, and is written by Goldsmith : " The wretch, condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies, And every pang that rends his heart Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers his way,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1853 - 546 páginas
...Charles, in circumstances like those supposed. CHAPTER XXXVI. THE SALLY. The wretch condenin'd with life to part, Still still on hope relies, And every...expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, the darker grows the night. Emits a hrighter ray. GOLDSMITH.... | |
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