 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...  Poems - Page 9by Samuel Rogers - 1839 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1816 - 260 pages
...fleeting cloud obscure the sky j 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... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work 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 Pour round her path a stream of living light ; And gild those pure and perfect realms of rest,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1820 - 272 pages
...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,...Where Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest! NOTES ON THE FIRST PART. Page 12, line 13. Up springs, at every step, to claim a tear, I CAME to the place... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1820 - 438 pages
...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,...rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest ! ' A Loyal Effusion, on the Courier attributing the fate abundant harvest, and the overthrow of the... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Memory - 1820 - 160 pages
...fleeting clond obscure the sky ! If but a beam of sober reason play, Lo, fancy'* fairy frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of art, the grasp of power, Snatch the rich relies of a well-spent hour ? These when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1822 - 340 pages
...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,...Where Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest ! NOTES ON THE FIRST PART. P. 12, line 13. Up spring!, at every step, to claim a tear, 1 CAME to the place... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...reason play, Lo ! fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! i But can the wiles of art, the grasp of pow'r, Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour ! These,...rest, Where virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest! The aged find peculiar pleasure in relating what they saw, felt, and acted in former days. Memory enables... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...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,...rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest!" ON A TEAR. " Oh ! that the Chemist's magic art Could crystallize this sacred treasure! Long should... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1825 - 490 pages
...fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work melU away ! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour "t"— Roger*. No. XXXV. Saturday, 28th August, 1824. Price 3d. IMPROVEMENT ON THE CLEPSYDRA. •**,... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Elocution - 1826 - 242 pages
...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,...relics of a well-spent hour ? These, when the trembling spiritwings her flight, Pour round her path a stream of living light, And gild those pure and perfect... | |
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