 I know that all beneath the moon decays, And what by mortals in this world is brought, In time's great periods shall return to nought ; That fairest states have fatal nights and days. I know that all the Muses...  The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer - Page 107edited by - 1792Full view - About this book
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1810 - 238 pages
...fairest states have fatal nights and days. I know that all the Muses' heavenly lays, With toil of sp'rit which are so dearly bought, As idle sounds, of few...or none are sought, And that nought lighter is than airy praise. I know frail beauty like the purple flower, To which one morn oft birth and death affords,... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1824 - 408 pages
...fairest states have fatal nights and days. I know that all the Muses' heavenly lays, With toil of sprite, which are so dearly bought, As idle sounds, of few, or none are sought, That there is nothing lighter than vain praise. I know frail beauty's like the purple flow'r, To which... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...great periods shall return to nought. I know that all the muse's heavenly laycs, With toil of sprite which are so dearly bought, As idle sounds, of few or none are sought, That there is nothing lighter than mere praise. DRUMMOND or HAwTIIORNUEN. THERE are certain half-dreaming... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 364 pages
...great periods shall return to nought. I know that all the muse's heavenly layes, With toil of sprite which are so dearly bought, As idle sounds, of few or none are sought, That there is nothing lighter than mere praise. DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN. THERE are certain half-dreaming... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English drama - 1821 - 374 pages
...That fairest states have fatal nights and days. I know that all the Muse's heavenly lays, With toil of spright which are so dearly bought, As idle sounds, of few or none are sought; That there is nothing lighter than vain praise. I know frail beauty's like the purple flow'r, To which... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Dramatists, English - 1821 - 380 pages
...That fairest states have fatal nights and days. I know that all the Muse's heavenly lays, With toil of spright which are so dearly bought, As idle sounds, of few or none are sought; That there is nothing lighter than vain praise. I know frail beauty's like the purple flow'r, To which... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...fairest states have fatal nights and days. I know that all the Muses' heavenly lays, With toil of sprite which are so dearly bought, As idle sounds, of few or none are sought ; That there is nothing lighter than vain praise. I know frail beauty's like the hawthorn flower, To... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...fairest states have fatal nights and days. I know that all the Muses' heavenly lays, With toil of sprite which are so dearly bought, As idle sounds, of few or none are sought ; That there is nothing lighter than vain praise. I know frail beauty's like the hawthorn flower, To... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...fairest states have fatal nights and days. I know that all the Muses' heavenly lays, With toil of sprite which are so dearly bought, As idle sounds, of few or none are sought ; That there is nothing lighter than vain praise. I know frail beauty's like the hawthorn flower, To... | |
 | Books - 1824 - 408 pages
...fairest states have fatal nights and days. I know that all the Muses' heavenly lays, With toil of sprite, which are so dearly bought, As idle sounds, of few, or none are sought, That there is nothing lighter than vain praise. I know frail beauty's like the purple flow'r, To which... | |
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