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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... "
A Tour Through England: Described in a Series of Letters, from a Young ... - Page 90
1806 - 200 pages
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...and weeds ; Whi1e, 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, Has seen this broken pile eomplete, Big with the vanity of state : But transient is the smile of fate ; A little rule, a little...
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Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ...

Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...J While, ever and anon, there fulls A heap of hoary moulder' d walls. Yet time has seen, that lift" the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, i . Big with the vanity of state : S £ But transient is the smile of fate ! ) !I)neJ A little rule,...
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Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the ...

Charles Waterton - America - 1825 - 350 pages
...moulder quite away. " Ever and anon there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. But time has seen, that lifts the low And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this ruin'd pile complete, Big with the vanity of state, But transient is the smile of fate." The scenery...
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The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...pois'nous adder breeds, > Conceal'd in ruins, moss, and weeds : J While, ever and anon, there falls Huee heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet" time has been, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofly brow, Has seen the broken pile complete, 7 Big with the vanity of state : f But transient is...
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The Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature, Volume 17

James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1828 - 598 pages
...immediately commenced its march towards Cairo, there to join the army of the Grand Vizier. RCIN 6. ' Yet time has Been, that lifts the low, And level lays...this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of fate.' — DYER. OVER mountain and meadow The latest rays pour,...
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Donean Tourist: Giving an Account of the Battles, Castles, Gentlemen's Seats ...

Alexander Laing - 1828 - 492 pages
...erect their throne, With time and wintry blasts there fulls, Hugh heaps of hoary mould'ring walla. Yet time has been that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has been Kildrutnmy stand complete, Big with the vanity of state. I5ut fate thy smiles are transient still,...
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The Oriental Herald, Volume 17

Christianity - 1828 - 604 pages
...Cairo, there to join the army of the Grand Vizier. Jl CIN 6. ' Vet time hu seen, that lifts the low, Ami level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity pf state ; But transient is the smile of fate.' — DYER. OVER mountain and meadow The latest rays...
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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 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...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...While, over aud auou, there lalle [то 1780. Huge heaps of hoary mouldered walls. Yet time has seen, \ witli the vanity of state ; But transient if the smile of fate I A little rule a little sway, A sunbeam...
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The Book of Gems: Pomfret to Bloomfield

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 438 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...
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