 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1871 - 616 páginas
...obscure the sky ; It' but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! But ran the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich...rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest!" The descriptive passages require indeed a closer inspection, and a more exercised eye. than those of... | |
 | James McCrie - 1871 - 652 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...well-spent hour ? These, when the trembling spirit wiugs her flight, Pour round her path a stream of living light, And gild those pure and perfect realms... | |
 | National reading books - 1872 - 264 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...rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest ! Rogers. THE FIRST 01 WINTER. On ! sadly sighs the wint'ry breeze Along the desert lea ; And moaning... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1872 - 382 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...realms of rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her sons are bless'd ! APOSTROPHE. LESSON LXXXVII. CHARACTER OF APOSTROPHE. [Analysis, — Apostrophe, as described... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 páginas
...a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If bat a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work 'er her fall " — " He giveth His beloved sleep."...BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. Not a drum was heard, not ! Samuel Rogers.— Jfom 176?, Died 1855. iiSi.— FROM "HUMAN LIFE." The lark has sung his carol in... | |
 | English poetry - 1873 - 390 páginas
...fleeting cloud obsture 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 relies of a well spent hour ? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path... | |
 | Casket - 1874 - 840 páginas
...Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well -spent hour? These, when the trembling spirit wings her fliilit, Pour round her path a stream of living light ; And...perfect realms of rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her eons an blot : FRENCH MEMOIRS. BY WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT. The French surpass every other nation, indeed... | |
 | John Walker Vilant Macbeth - 1875 - 558 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...rest, Where Virtue triumphs and her sons are blest." In a companion-piece to this, Campbell's " Pleasures of Hope," you will find implication abounding... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 páginas
...man walk'd innoxious through his age. POPE. Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame, t POPE. Can the wiles of art, the grasp of power, Snatch the...well-spent hour ? These, when the trembling spirit wings his flight, Pour round his path a stream of living light, And gild those pure and perfect realms of... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 páginas
...a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk : Tis not through...thy happy lot, But being too happy in thy happine ! From ' Human Life! The lark has sung his carol in the sky, The bees have hummed their noontide lullaby... | |
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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?... 
