High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence... Writings of Charles Sprague: Now First Collected - Seite 22von Charles Sprague - 1841 - 124 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1811 - 432 Seiten
...and pelf, The wretch concentred all in self, Living shall foifeit fuir renown, And doubly dying shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung Unwept, unhonored, and unsung. An Epigram. SK.VB Johnny to Paddy, " I can't for my life, " Conceive how a dumb pair are made... | |
| Walter Scott - 1811 - 310 Seiten
...wretch, concentered all in self, X. 3 Living, shall forfeit fair reknown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung. II. O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy... | |
| 1827 - 684 Seiten
...has come upon him, out of which on earth he will never awake — that the grave will be gladly mode ready to receive him — that as, " while living,"...renown," so " doubly dying," he must " Go down " To the Tile duxt from whence he sprung, '' Unwept, anhonourod, and unsung." But deplorably as the frivolous... | |
| 1827 - 684 Seiten
...coffin — that the mother who lulled him to sleep on her bosom, and joyed to watch his \vaking,will not dare to murmur that the sleep has come upon him....To the vile dust from whence he sprung, " Unwept, nnhonoured, and unsung." But deplorably as the frivolous usages of society show, in their effects upon... | |
| 1853 - 1142 Seiten
...and pelf, The wretch concentred all in self, Living shall forfeit fair renown, And doubly dying shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung." — Scott. Had there been no home for Washington to love, and in which was laid the foundation... | |
| William Lloyd Garrison - 1832 - 250 Seiten
...pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, .shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.' Whose bosom does not thrill with pleasurable emotion whenever he listens to that truest, sweetest,... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1835 - 248 Seiten
...pelf, The wretch concentred all in self, Living shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung. D2 JERUSALEM AND THE HOLY SEPULCHRE. No sensation of fatigue or heat could counterbalance the... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1838 - 408 Seiten
...pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored and unsung." It might at first seem that patriotism, which implies a preference of one country over another,... | |
| William Erigena Robinson - 1842 - 76 Seiten
...pelf, The wretch concentered all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung." It has been the custom in some cities, and I regret to be compelled to say, it has been the... | |
| Samuel Church - 1842 - 104 Seiten
...pelf, The wretch, concentered all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung." It was here that our eyes first opened upon the light of heaven ; it was among these valleys... | |
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