 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
 | David Macbeth Moir - English poetry - 1851 - 398 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,...; And gild those pure and perfect realms of rest, When Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest ! " " VOYAGE OP COLUMBUS," &C. 49 The " Epistle to a Friend,"... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...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...rest, Where Virtue triumphs and her sons are blest ! The HUMAN LIFE. The lark has sung his carol in the sky, The bees have hummed their noontide lullaby;... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...fleeting cloud obscure the sky; If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts * fligbt, Pour round her path a stream of living li;bt ; And gild those pure and perfect realms of net,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Faney'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... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1852 - 430 pages
...fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober reason play, Lo 1 Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ; But can the wiles of art, the grasp of power,...of living light ; And gild those pure and perfect realm* of rent, Where virtue triumphs, and her sun* are blest 1 " Pleaturet of Memory. Seneca says... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...which appear like silver. • 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? 3. These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path a stream of living light... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 pages
...fleeting cloud obscure the sky j If but a beam of sober reason play, Lo, fancy's fairy frost-work melts ors, in days of yore, Through hostile ranks and well spent hour ? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight Pour round her path a stream of... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1852 - 522 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, Snatch the rich relicts of a well-spent hour ? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...sky ; If but a beam of sober Iteason play, Lo. Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away! But can the vilus of Art, the grasp of Power, .Snatch the rich relics...realms of rest, Where Virtue triumphs and her sons are bleat! Still in the vale the Tillage bells ring round, Still in Llewellyn hall the jests resound; For... | |
 | Sacred poetry - 1854 - 268 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 ! OLD AGE. The seas are quiet when the winds are o'er, So calm are we, when passions are no more !... | |
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