 | 1856 - 634 pages
...see bosoms so hollow, And friendships so cold, in the great nnd high born ; To think what a long list of titles may follow The relics of him who died friendless and lorn. How proud they can flock to the funeral array Of one whom they shunned in his sickness and sorrow, How bailiffs may seize... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1816 - 472 pages
...vanity now with quick scent for the dead, Re-appears—like a vampire, to feed at his grave 2 Oh ! it sickens the heart, to see bosoms so hollow, And spirits so mean in the great and high born; To think what a long line of titles may follow, The relics of him who died—friendless... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1818 - 184 pages
...Whose vanity flew round him, only while fed By the odour his fame in its summer-time gave 3 — Oh ! it sickens the heart to see bosoms so hollow, And...friendless and lorn ! How proud they can press to the f un'ral array Of one, whom they shunn'd in his sickness and sorrow : — How bailiffs may seize his... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1818 - 180 pages
...close:— Whose vanity flew round him, only while fed By the odour his fame in its summer-time gave;— Oh! it sickens the heart to see bosoms so hollow, And...long line of titles may follow The relics of him who died—friendless and lorn ! How proud they can press to the fun'ral array Of one, whom they shunn'd... | |
 | 1818 - 638 pages
...is a moral in them, as Addison might have said, which can never be too frequently inculcated. " Oh ! it sickens the heart to see bosoms so hollow, And...great and high-born ; To think what a long line of tides may foDow The relics of him who died — friendless and lorn ! '' How proud they can press to... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1818 - 186 pages
...vanity now, with quick scent for the dead, Like the Ghole of the East, comes to feed at his grave ! Oh ! it sickens the heart to see bosoms so hollow, And spirits so mean in the great and high-born ; T6 think what a long line of titles may follow The relics of him who died — friendless and lorn... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1818 - 140 pages
...to feed at his grave! Oh ! it sickens the heart to see bosoms so hollow, And spii'its so mean in Iho great and high-born ; To think what a long- line of titles may follow How proud they can press to the ftm'ral array Of one, whom they shunn'd in his sickness ari8 sorrow:—... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 316 pages
...vanity now, with quick scent for the dead, Like the Ghole of the East, comes to feed at his grafe Oh ! it sickens the heart to see bosoms so hollow And spirits...friendless and lorn ! How proud they can press to the fira'ral array Of one whom they shunn'd in his sickness and sorrow : — How bailiffs may seize his... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 524 pages
...hesitate to subscribe : — " Oh it sickens the heart to see bosoms so hollow, And friendships so false in the great and high-born; — To 'think what a long...friendless and lorn ! " How proud they can press to the funeral array Of him whom they shunn'd, in his sickness and sorrowHow bailiffs may seize his last blanket... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1825 - 464 pages
...hesitate to subscribe: — ' " Oh it sickens the heart to see bosoms so hollow, And friendships so false in the great and high-born ; — To think what a long...friendless and lorn ! ' " How proud they can press to the funeral array Of him whom they shunn'd, in his sickness and sorrow— How bailiffs may seize his last... | |
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Oh ! it sickens the heart to see bosoms so hollow, And spirits so mean in the great and high-born ; To think what a long line of titles may follow The relics of him who died — friendless and lorn ! How proud they can press to the funeral array Of one... 
