 | John Evans - England - 1818 - 564 pages
...the poisonous adder breeds, > Conceal'd in ruins, mos«, and weeds; ) While ever and anon there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls ; Yet time has been that lifts the low, And level lays the lufty brow, * See the British Plutarch, in six volumes, 8vo. enlarged and re-edited by the RCT. Francis... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 414 pages
...weeds ; j "While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulderM 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 : V But transient is the smile of Fate ! j A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 418 pages
...and 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 sunbeam in a winter's... | |
 | Privateer - 1821 - 464 pages
...and weeds; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary mouldcr'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 : Bat transient is the smile of fate I A little rale, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 412 pages
...and 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 winter's... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 272 pages
...and anon, there falls Huge heaps, of hoary moulder'd walls, . 1 Dinuvaur Castle. 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 sunbeam in a winter's... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 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...lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen the broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state : But transient is the smile of fate ; A little... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 662 pages
...with the ruins of some older monument that occupied the same spot of ground — ' But time bas 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 rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1823 - 730 pages
...beheld by the imagination : — " For time has been, that lifts the low, And level lays the haughty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state." 3d. A botanical notice of the more rare and curious plants to be found upon the Castle Hill,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...and weeds; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet time has seen, io's softer@ 5/ state : But transient is the smile of fate; A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's-day,... | |
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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... 
