 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
 | Thomas Brown - Philosophy - 1822 - 546 pages
...the conqueror of Darius : — " With downcast looks, the joyless victor sat, Revolving in hi; aller'd soul The various turns of chance below ; And, now...then, a sigh he stole ; And tears began to flow."* I cannot help thinking, in like manner, that the everlasting tendency to hope, — that only happiness... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...blood ; Deserted at bis 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 looks the joyless Victor sat. Revolving in his alter'd soul The various turns of chance below ; And now and then a eigb be stole,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...WHh 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 next degree : 1Twas but a kindred sound to move... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...bounty fed, On the bare earth expos'd 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 began to flow. The mighty master smil'd to... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 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...and then, a sigh he stole, And tears began to flow. The mighty master smiled to see That love was in the next degree : Twas but a kindred sound to move,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Deserted, at his utmost need, Bv those his former bounty fed ; On the bare earth expos' d he lies, "K 1824 Publis Rerolring m his alter'd soel DRYDBN.j The various tarns of chance below ; And, now and then, a sigh... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...down-east looks the joyless vietor sate, Revolving in his alter'd soul The various turns of ehanee _ 9 + H Evh `} ~ O: ȑ hW . ʸ Dِ X # 5)ҶS The mighty master smil'd, to see That love was in the next degree : 'Twas but a kindred sound, to move,... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 310 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. » The mighty master srail'd to see That Love was in the next degree : 'Twas but a kindred sound to... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...Downed, at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed : OB the bare earth cipos'd he lies, vfith 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... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 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 next degree: 'Twas but a kindred sound to move... | |
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