 | Samuel Rogers - 1854 - 468 páginas
...fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo ! Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of...rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest ! NOTES. PART I. (1) THESE were imagined to be the departed souls of virtuous men, who, as a reward... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1854 - 494 páginas
...fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo ! Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of...Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour 1 These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path a stream of living light ;... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1854 - 516 páginas
...a fleeting cloud obscure the sky; If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relicts of a well-spent hour ? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path... | |
 | 1854 - 394 páginas
...a fleeting cloud obscure the sky; If but a beam of sober reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of art, the grasp of power, Snatch tho rich relics of a well-spent hour ? These.when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Four round... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 páginas
...fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober reason play, Lo ! fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ; But can the wiles of art, the grasp of power, Snatcfi the rich relics of a well-spent hour? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour... | |
 | 1855 - 804 páginas
...most alone ; The only pleasures we can call our own. Lighter than air, Hope's summer visions dio. It' but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam...rest, Where virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest!" Nor are the enjoyments of Hope, anticipating the future, when clouds and darkness i» U4.V1J X \SUL1... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1855 - 442 páginas
...fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober reason play, Lo ! fancy's fairy frost-work rnelts away ; But can the wiles of art, the grasp of power,...realms of rest Where virtue triumphs, and her sons are blessed. llOOEBS. Samuel Rogers was born in London, in 1762. He is a man of liberal for tune, and is... | |
 | 1855 - 902 páginas
...a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober reason play, Lo, fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of art, the grasp of power, Snatch the rich relics of a well spent hour 1 These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight Pour round her path a stream of... | |
 | Reuben Vose - 1856 - 482 páginas
...oracles, said Mr. Conrad, as he bid Mrs. Cope adieu at the Astor House. CHAPTER XIV. DESPONDENCY. Bat can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the...perfect realms of rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her flons are blest ! ROGERS. THERE is now living in one of the most literary cities of New England, a... | |
 | Reuben Vose - 1856 - 474 páginas
...truthful oracles, said Mr, Conrad, as he bid Mrs. Cope adieu at the Astor House. CHAPTER XIV. DESPONDENCY. But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch...living light ; And gild those pure and perfect realms ot rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her flons are blest ! ROGIRS. THERE is now living in one of the... | |
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Lighter than air, Hope's summer-visions die, If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky; If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour?... 
