 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1858 - 616 pages
...awny ! But can the wiles of Art. the grasp of Power, Sm'cli the rich n lies of a welt-spent hour f These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight,...living light; And gild those pure and perfect realms of rest, Where V'inue triumphs, and her sons are blest!" The descriptive passages require indeed a... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1858 - 156 pages
...cloud obscure the sky ; 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 relicts of a well-spent hour ? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path... | |
 | Calcutta univ - 1859 - 254 pages
...cloud obscure the sky ; 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...living light; And gild those pure and perfect realms of rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest! NOTES. Page 12, line 3. For this young FOSCAM,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1859 - 450 pages
...cloud obscure the sky ; 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...living light, And gild those pure and perfect realms of rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blessed.48 5. — AMRITION. — Byron. He who ascends... | |
 | Francis Fulford (bp. of Montreal.) - 1859 - 484 pages
...cloud obscure the sky ; 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 ? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path a stream of... | |
 | Francis Fulford - Christianity and culture - 1859 - 126 pages
...cloud obscure the sky ; 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 ? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path a stream of... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - Recitations - 1860 - 530 pages
...cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober reason play, Lo ! fancy's tairy frost-work melts away ; But can the wiles of art, the grasp of power, Snatch...living light, And gild those pure and perfect realms of rest Where virtue triumphs, and her sons are blessed.. Ex. CXLIL— THE BULL-FIGHT. LOCKHART. KING... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - Christian life - 1860 - 434 pages
...cloud obscure the sky; 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...These, when the trembling Spirit wings her flight, Four round her path a stream of living light, And gild those pure and perfect realms of rest, Where... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1860 - 480 pages
...cloud obscure the sky ; 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 1 These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path a stream of living light ;... | |
 | Quotations - 1861 - 356 pages
...collect and shape themselves, Upstarting in their own completed image, To scare or to reward. COLERIDGE. But can the wiles of art, the grasp of power, Snatch...hour ? These, when the trembling spirit wings her night, Pour round her path a stream of living light; And gild those pure and perfect realms of rest,... | |
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Lighter than air, Hope's summer-visions die, If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; 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?... 
