 | Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1806 - 604 pages
...monuments of the devastations produced by time. We are reminded of the word of the poet, Time hat seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow ; Has seen thrs broken pile complete, Big with the vanities of stste. A little rule, a little nvay, A sun-beam... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 282 pages
...with the ruins of some older monument that occupied the same spot of ground— ' But Time has seen, that lifts the low. And level lays the lofty brow,...this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state; But transient are the smiles of Fate ! A little rale, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...weeds ; I While, ever and anon; there falls Huge heaps ot hoary moulder'd walls. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow,...seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity oi state; But transient is the smile of fate! A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a wintcr's-day,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 268 pages
...some older monument that occupied the same spot of ground— ' But Time has seen, that lifts the tow, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state; But transient are the smiles of Fate! A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 394 pages
...the ruins of some older monument that occupied the same spot i. of ground — ' But Time has seen, that lifts the low. And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, liig with the vanity of state ; Hut transient are the smiles of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway,... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...pois'nous 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 been, that lifts the low, . .. Aud level lays the lofty brow,,. ± f'. (,, ; , Has seen this broken pile compleat, ^ Big with... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...While, ever and anon, there falls -'•.•;•- heaps of hoary uioulder'd walls. I Yet time has seen, y safely to a friend. You know my feet betray my flight...To friendship ev'ry burthen's light. The Horse repl state : But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...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,...this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of fate ! A little rule, a little sway, •• > A sun-beam in a... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...and weeds; J 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,...this broken pile complete, } Big with the vanity of state ; r But transient is the smile of fate ! J A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's... | |
 | James Storer - Engravings, British - 1810 - 492 pages
...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...this broken pile complete,.} Big with the vanity of state : V But transient is the smile of Fate '. j A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's... | |
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Yet Time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud... 
