 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?...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Seite 841856Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Rogers - 1801 - 222 Seiten
...fleeting cloud obscure the sky; G6 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 ! «7 NOTES. NOTES ON THE FIRST PART. NOTE a. Page 20, 1. 7. Awake lut one, and lo, what myriads rise!... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1801 - 208 Seiten
...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...trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path 3 stream of living light; And gild those pure and perfect realms of rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1802 - 308 Seiten
...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 ! NOTES ON THE FIRST PART. NOTE a. Page 20, 1. 7. Awake tut one, and lo, what myriads rise; WHEN a... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1804 - 182 Seiten
...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 ! THE END. NOTES ON THE FIRST PART. NOTE 1. So when the daring sons of science, &c He wept ; but the... | |
 | Mary Hill (novelist.) - 1813 - 464 Seiten
...a fleeting cloud obscure the sty ; If but a beam of sober reason play, La, fancy's fairy frost-work melts away. But can the wiles of art, the grasp of power, Siyitch the rich relics of a well-spent hour? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1815 - 300 Seiten
..." If but a beam of sober reason play, " Lo, fancy's fairy frost-work melts away. " But can the wile of art, the grasp of power, " Snatch the rich relics..." Where virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest." To you, my young friends, who are acquiring an education, I cannot express the peculiar worth and importance... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1816 - 260 Seiten
...own. Lighter than air, Hope's summer-visions die, -£3t> If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky j If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy...Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well- spent hour? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path a stream of... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1816 - 276 Seiten
...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? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path a stream of... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 Seiten
...Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Pow'rr Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour ? These, when- the trembling spirit wings her fligh Pour round her path a stream of living light ; And gild those pure and perfect realms of rest,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1820 - 272 Seiten
...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! NOTES ON THE FIRST PART. Page 12, line 13. Up springs, at every step, to claim a tear, I CAME to the... | |
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