 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
 | Languages, Modern - 1861 - 494 pages
...Fancy's fairy frost work melts away! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rieh relics of a well-spent hour? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, l'uur round her path a stream of living light; Archiv fn 8piachen. XXIX. 25 Von diesen Versen pflegte... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - Life - 1847 - 400 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. ROGERS. CHAP. V. THIS WORLD IS, AND OUGHT TO BE, AN UNSATISFTING PORTION. Think we, or think we not,... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 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,...realms of rest Where virtue triumphs, and her sons are blessed. Boon*. Samuel Rogers was born in London, in 17C2. lie is a man of liberal for • tune, and... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1861 - 488 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 rieh relics of a well-spent hour? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1850 - 764 pages
...frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of art, the grasp of power, natch the rich relics of a well spent j And gild those pure and perfect realms of rest, Where virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest! ITALY... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1851 - 328 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 THE FIRST PA.RT. Page 9, line 8. Ye Household Deities ! &o. THESE were imagined to be the departed... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Hope - 1851 - 202 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 TO PLEASURES OF MEMORY. PART II. P. 87, 1. 15. These still exist, &c. THERE is a future Existence even... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Hope - 1851 - 196 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 TO PLEASURES OF MEMORY, PART II. P. 87, 1. 15. These still exist, &c. THERE is a future Existence even... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1851 - 354 pages
...cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts awav ! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch...Where Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest! NOTES TO PLEASURES OF MEMORY. PART II. P. 98, 1. 1. These still eiitt, &c THERE is a future Existence even... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - English literature - 1851 - 854 pages
...fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober Reason play, 1м, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power,...perfect realms of rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her eons are blest 1" The descriptive passages require, indeed, a closer inspection, and a more exercised... | |
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