 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...and1 weeds; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary mouldered 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 Pate I A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1857 - 348 pages
...with the ruins of some older monument that occupied the same spot of ground — 1 But Time hag seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow,...seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity ot state; But transient are the smiles of Fate! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's... | |
 | John Armstrong, John Dyer, George Gilfillan, Matthew Green - English poetry - 1858 - 314 pages
...and weeds, While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary mouldered 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, 89 A sunbeam in a winter's... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...and weeds; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary mouldering walla. 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 I A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1858 - 270 pages
...is now occupied by edifices of a less imposing and more peaceful character. • " Time has seen, — that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow,...— Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanities of state. A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and... | |
 | England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary mouldered 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... | |
 | American poetry - 1861 - 174 pages
...and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary mouldered 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... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Outdoor life - 1865 - 116 pages
...weeds ; While, ever and anon, there fall Huge heaps of hoary, mouldered wall. 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 day,... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1865 - 410 pages
...weeds ; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary, mouldered 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 day,... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Outdoor life - 1865 - 120 pages
...weeds; While, ever and anon, there fall Huge heaps of hoary, mouldered wall. Yet Time has seen—that lifts the low And level lays the lofty brow— Has...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 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... 
