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, The Works of the English Poets: Dyer and Mallet - Page 4by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
| David Lewis - 1726 - 350 pages
...; 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 flow, Wave fucceeding Wave... | |
| Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 384 pages
...low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has fcen this broken pile compleat, Big with 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... | |
| 1765 - 396 pages
...low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has feen this broken pile compleat, Big with 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... | |
| Robert Dodsley - 1782 - 432 pages
...low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has feen this broken pile compleat, Big with 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... | |
| Robert Dodsley - 1782 - 380 pages
...lays the lofty brow, Has feen this broken pile compleat, Big with the vanity of ftate ; But tranficnt 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... | |
| 1782 - 516 pages
...lays the lofty brow, Has feen this broken pile compleat, Big with the vanity of flate : But transient 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,... | |
| 1782 - 402 pages
...tranfient is the fmile. of fat? ! A little-rule, a Ijttle f*viy, ' A fun-beam in a winter's day, . . •". Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. -nit And fee the rivers how they run, Through woodi and meads, in ftiade and fan, Sometimes fwift,... | |
| William Enfield - 1785 - 460 pages
...But tranfient is the fmile of fate ; J A little rule, a little fway, A fun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle...the rivers how they run, Through woods and meads, in fhade and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes flow, Wave fucceeding wave, they go A various journey to... | |
| John Scott, John Hoole - 1785 - 544 pages
...But tr an/tent is the.fmile of fate ! A little rule, a little fway, $ fun-beam in a winter's day ^ Is all the proud and mighty have, Between the cradle and the grave. The enfuing defcription of the rivers is agreeable, and prettily illuftrates the courfe of human life.... | |
| John Scott, John Hoole - 1785 - 492 pages
...ftate; But tranfunt is the fmile of fate ! A little rule^ a little fway y A fun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have, Between the cradle and the grave. The enfuing defcription of the rivers is agreeable, and prettily illuflrates the courfe of human life.... | |
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