 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 46by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Campbell - Hope - 1851 - 196 pages
...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...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 - 202 pages
...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...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 - English poetry - 1851 - 328 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - English literature - 1851 - 854 pages
...sober Reason play, 1ΠΌ, 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...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... | |
 | David Macbeth Moir - English poetry - 1851 - 398 pages
...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...; 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;... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 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 flight,...and perfect realms of rest, Where Virtue triumphs und her sons are blest! The tame. HUMAN LIFE. The lark has sung his carol in the sky, The bees have... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...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 fligbt, Pour round her path a stream of living li;bt ; And gild those pure and perfect realms of net,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1852 - 522 pages
...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...rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest ! tn tli* ^linstinB nf 3Biraim[. P. 19, 1. 1. How oft, when purple evening tinged the mat, VIRGIL,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 pages
...frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of art, the grasp of power, Snatch the rich relics of a well spent ugh, rude fortress gleams afar; Like some bold veteran,...rising o'er the rugged rock ; Have oft withstood as ! ITALY PARTI THE LAKE OF GENEVA. DAT glimmer'd in the east, and the white moon Hung like a vapour... | |
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