 Oh, who shall lightly say that fame Is nothing but an empty name. When but for those our mighty dead All ages past a blank would be, Sunk in Oblivion's murky bed, A desert bare, a shipless sea?  Friendship's Forget-me-not - Page 161849 - 243 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1821 - 612 pages
...Whilst in that sound there is a charm The nerves to brace, the heart to warm, As, thinking of the mighty dead, The young, from slothful couch will start, And...lifted hands outspread, Like them to act a noble part ? О ! who shall lightly say that fame Is nothing but an empty name ! When, but for those, our mighty... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...Whilst in that sound there is a charm The nerves to brace, the heart to warm, As, thinking of the mighty dead, The young, from slothful couch will start, And...lifted hands outspread, Like them to act a noble part ? О ! who shall lightly say that fame Is nothing but an empty name ! When, but for those, our mighty... | |
 | Joanna Baillie - 1821 - 420 pages
...Whilst in that sound there is a charm The nerves to brace, the heart to warm, As, thinking of the mighty dead, The young, from slothful couch will start, And...lifted hands outspread, Like them to act a noble part ? LX. O ! who shall lightly say that fame Is nothing but an empty name ! When, but for those, our mighty... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...desert bare, a shipless sea ? They are the distant objects seen,— The lofty marks of what hath been. O ! who shall lightly say that fame Is nothing but an empty name ! When mem'ry of the mighty dead To earth-worn pilgrim's wistful eye The brightest rays of cheering shed.... | |
 | Joanna Baillie - 1821 - 422 pages
...the stripling quits the pensive scene, And burns, and sighs, and weeps to be what he has been. LIX. O ! who shall lightly say that fame Is nothing but an empty name ! Whilst in that sound there is a charm The nerves to brace, the heart to warm, As, thinking of the... | |
 | 1821 - 818 pages
...desert bare, a shipless sea. They are the distant objects seen ; The lofty mark* of what hath been. Oh ! who shall lightly say that fame Is nothing but an empty name ? Where memory of the mighty dead To earth-worn pilgrims' wistful eye The brightest rays of cheering... | |
 | 1821 - 618 pages
...desert bare, a shipless sea. They are the distant objects seen ; The lofty marks of what hath been. Oh ! who shall lightly say that fame Is nothing but an empty name ? Where memory of the mighty dead To earth-worn pilgrims' wistful eye The brightest rays of cheering... | |
 | Alexander Garden - 1822 - 762 pages
...nerves to brace, the heart to warm. As thinking of the mighty dead, The young from slothful couch shall start, And vow with lifted hands outspread, Like them to act, a noble part." BAILIE. I am still further induced to persist in my undertaking, that I may both by precept and example... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 858 pages
...desert bare, a sbiplcss sea. They are the distant object* seen ; The lofty marks of what hath been, Oh ! who shall lightly say that fame Is nothing but an empty name ? Where memory of the mighty dead To earth-worn pilgrims' wistful eye' The brightest rays of cheering... | |
 | Mary Jane Mackenzie - 1829 - 256 pages
...hare, a shapeless sea ; They are the distant ohjects sees, The lofty marks of what has heen. * Oh ! who shall lightly say that fame » Is nothing but an empty name ? When memory of the mighty dead To earth-worn pllgrim's wistful eye, The brightest rays of cheering shod.... | |
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