 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1801 - 222 pages
...call obey, And Place and Time are subject to thy sway ! Thy pleasures most we feel, when most alone; The only pleasures we can call our own. Lighter than...summer-visions die, If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky; G6 If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles... | |
 | 1856 - 634 pages
...call obey, And Place and Time are subject to thy sway ; Thy pleasures most we feel, when most alone, The only pleasures we can call our own. Lighter than air, Hope's summer visions die ; If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober reason play,... | |
 | Mary Hill (novelist.) - 1813 - 464 pages
...summer visions die^ If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sty ; If but a beam of sober reason play, La, fancy's fairy frost-work melts away. But can the wiles of art, the grasp of power, Siyitch the rich relics of a well-spent hour? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour... | |
 | John Millard - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1813 - 704 pages
...call obey, And Place and Time are subject to thy sway ! Thy pleasures most we feel when most alone, The only pleasures we can call our own ! Lighter than air Hope's summer visions die, If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; It but a beam of sober reason play, Lo... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - American essays - 1815 - 300 pages
...will borrow the beantiful expressions of a poet : " Lighter than air, hope's summer visions fly, " If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky, " If but...fancy's fairy frost-work melts away. " But can the wile of art, the grasp of power, " Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour ? " These, when the... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1816 - 276 pages
...call obey, And Place and Time are subject to thy sway ! Thy pleasures most we feel, when most alone; The only pleasures we can call our own. Lighter than...Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well- spent hour? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path a stream of... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...nlone ; The only pleasures we can cajl our own. Lighter than air, Hope's summer-visions die, If bjijt a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of...melts away ! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Pow'rr Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour ? These, when- the trembling spirit wings her fligh... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1816 - 260 pages
...call obey, And Place and Time are subject to thy sway ! /Thy pleasures most we feel, when most alone; The only pleasures we can call our own. Lighter than air, Hope's summer-visions die, -£3t> If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky j If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Memory - 1820 - 160 pages
...call obey, And place and time are subject to tlTy sway ! Thy pleasures most we feel, when most alone ; The only pleasures we can call our own. Lighter than air, hope's summer visions die, If but a fleeting clond obscure the sky ! If but a beam of sober reason play, Lo,... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...obey, And Place and Time are subject to thy sway ; \ ' Thy pleasures most we feel when most alone, The only pleasures we can call our own! , • • Lighter than air, Hope's summer visions die, If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; . • , ., If but a beam of sober reason... | |
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If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo ! Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour... 
