 | Mark Akenside, John Dyer - 1855 - 472 pages
...the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of J?ate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And see the rivers how they run Thro' woods and meads, in shade and sun ! Sometimes swift,2 sometimes slow,... | |
 | 1855 - 488 pages
...inevitable hour, The path of glory leads but to the grave. A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have, Between the cradle and the grave. The biographer of Thomas Scott, the author of the Commentary, says of him, that "his mind dwelt much... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pages
...the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the eradle and the grave. J iytr's Granger lШ Ye glorious Gothie seenes ! how mueh ye strike All phantasies,... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...the vanity of state : But transient is the smile of fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. DYER. WHAT OF THE NIGHT ? SAY, watchman, what of the night ? Do the dews of the morning fall ? Have... | |
 | 1856 - 570 pages
...the Vanity of State ; But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A Sun-bearn in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the Cradle and the Grave. e. — Horace. IT flows, and it will flow uninterruptedly through every Age. Cf)£ (SSEtOng Ctme.—... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 pages
...vanity of state. But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in я softening ND THE RIVERS. And see the rivers, how they run Through woods and meads, in shade and sun ! 1 Umevnur... | |
 | 1864 - 148 pages
...the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And see the rivers, how they run Through woods and meads, in shade and sun ! Sometimes swift, sometimes... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 pages
...the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of Pate I A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And see the rivers, how they run, Through woods and meads, in shade and sun I Sometimes swift, sometimes... | |
 | John Armstrong, John Dyer, George Gilfillan, Matthew Green - 1858 - 314 pages
...the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of fate! A little rule, a little sway, 89 A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And see the rivers how they run, Through woods and meads; in shade and sun, Sometimes swift, sometimes... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1858 - 270 pages
...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 mighty have, Between the cradle and the grave."* We think with pleasure how the spot, once resounding with the histories of the great, is now consecrated... | |
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But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. 
