 On the bare earth exposed he lies With not a friend to close his eyes. — With downcast looks the joyless victor sate Revolving in his alter'd soul The various turns of Chance below; And now and then a sigh he stole And tears began to flow.  Poems - Page 23by Joseph Addison - 1810 - 597 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...bounty fed, On the bare earth exposed he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes. With downcast look the joyless victor sate, Revolving in his alter'd soul The various turns of fate below ; And now and then a sigh he stole ; And tears bejfan to flow. The mighty master smiled... | |
 | William Henry Curran - Lawyers - 1819 - 468 pages
...passed, all now rushed in upon my mind, in melancholy succession, and engrossed the pang in their turn. Revolving in his alter'd soul The various turns of...and then a sigh he stole, And tears began to flow. " At length I roused myself from this mournful reverie, and after writing a few words to Newmarket,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819 - 644 pages
...then, a »ich he stole ; Aud tears began to (low. Revolving in his alter'd soul The various turn» of Chance below ; And, now and then, a sigh he stole ; And tears began to flow. The mighty master smil'd, to see That love »as in the next degree : JTwas but a kindred sound to move.... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...Descried, at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed : On the bare earth expos'd he lies, Wth he ground, and with our sighs ; And, now and then, a sigh he stole ; And tears began to flow. The mighty master smil'd, to sec Tint... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...With downcast look the joyless victor sat, Revolving, in his alter'd soul, The various turns of fate below : And now and then, a sigh he stole, And tears began to flow. The mighty master smil'd to see "That love was in the neSt degree : 'Twas but a kindred sound to move... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 346 pages
...; Deserted, at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed : On the bare earth expos'd he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes. With downcast...and then, a sigh he stole ; And tears began to flow. Revolving in his alter'd soul The various turns of Chance below ; And, now and then, a sigh he stole... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 pages
...various turns of chance below ; And, now and then, a sigh he stole, And tears began to flow. CHORUS. Revolving', in his alter'd soul, The various turns...and then, a sigh he stole, And tears began to flow. V. The mighty Master smiled, to see That love was in the next degree ; 'Twas but a kindred-sound to... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 pages
...various turns of chance below ; And, now and then, a sigh he stole, And tears began to flow. CHORUS. . Revolving, in his alter'd soul, The various turns of chance below ; And, now and then, a xigh he stole, And tears began tofiow. V. The mighty Master smiled, to see That love was in the next... | |
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Bibliography - 1821 - 630 pages
...the fore-mentioned library. Even so, my friend:—and I own it with more than an ordinary sigh . . (And now and then a sigh he stole, And tears began to flow— " as he turned over the leaves of this copy"—methinks I hear you add.) This is a Latin and German... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 292 pages
...blood ; Deserted at his utmost need By those his former bounty fed ; On the bare earth exposed he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes. >. With down-cast...his alter'd soul The various turns of chance below ; And, now and then, a sigh he stole, And tears began to flow. The mighty master smiled to see That... | |
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