 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 and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.  Elegant Extracts - Sida 475redigerad av - 1809Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | David Lewis - 1726 - 346 sidor
...lays the lofty Brow, Has feen this broken Pile compleat, Big with the Vanity of Stdte ; But tranfient is the Smile of Fate ! A little Rule, a little Sway,...Mighty have, Between the Cradle and the Grave. And fee the Rivers how they run, Thro' Woods and Meads, in Shade and Sun, Sometimes fwift, and fometimes... | |
 | David Lewis - 1726 - 350 sidor
...Big with the Vanity of State ; But tranfient is the Smile of Fate! A little Rule, a little Sway, t, A Sun-beam in a Winter's Day Is all the Proud and Mighty have, Between the Cradle and the Grave. And fee the Rivers how they run, Thro' Woods and Meads, in Shade and Sun, Sometimes fwift, and fometimes... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1755 - 356 sidor
...the vanity of ftate; Bat tranfient is the fmile of fate ! A little rule, * little fway, A fun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers how they run, Thro' woods and meads, in made and fun, Sometimes fwift, and fbmetimes... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 384 sidor
...the vanity of ftate ; But tranfient is the fmile of fate ! A little rule, a little fway, A fun beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers how they run, Thro' woods and meads, in made and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes flow,... | |
 | 1758 - 352 sidor
...the vanity of ftate ; But tranfient is the fmile of fate ! A little rule, a little fway, A fun beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers how they run, Thro' woods and meads, in (hade and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes flow,... | |
 | John Dyer - 1761 - 196 sidor
...the vanity of ftate ; But tranfient is the fmile of fate ! A little rule, a little fway, A fun beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers how they run, Thro' woods and meads, in fliade and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes flow,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 392 sidor
...ftate ; But tranfient is the finile of fate ? A little I \ A little rule, a little fway, • A fun beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers how they run, Through woods and meads, in (hade and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes... | |
 | Collection - 1766 - 356 sidor
...the vanity of ftate ; But tranfient is the fmile of fate ! A little rule, a little fway, A fun beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers how they run, Through woods and meads, in made and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes flow,... | |
 | 1782 - 516 sidor
...the vanity of flate : But tranfient is the fmile of Fate ! A little rule, a little fway, A fun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers, how they run Thro' woods and meads, in fhade and fun ! Sometimes fwift, fometimes flow,... | |
 | 1782 - 402 sidor
...vani y of ftate.5 But tranfient is the fmile.of fats ! A little rule, a little fw.;siy, , , A fun-beam in a winter's day, . Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers how they run, Through woodi and meads, in fhade and Sometimei fwift, fometimes flow,... | |
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