 | Lyre - 1830 - 396 pages
...to Ambition? Ah no I Affrighted, he shrinketh away, — For see, they would pin him below In a dark narrow cave, and, begirt with cold clay, To the meanest...before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin that but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall... | |
 | Sumner Lincoln Fairfield - 1830 - 172 pages
...wishes. To what should a tabernacle be built in that solemn realm of death ? To ambition ? oh, no ! he is "To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey." To beauty ? no ! To pride ? wherefore ? To him nothing is or can be allowed, but " The long windingsheet and... | |
 | 1834 - 536 pages
...Affrighted he shrinketh away: l'or, see, they would pin him below In a small narrow cave, and begirt \vith cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a...! she forgets The charms which she wielded before; \or knows the foul worm that he frets, The skin which but yesleiday fools could adore For the smoothness... | |
 | 1834 - 450 pages
...build to Ambition? Oh, no! Affrighted, he shrinketh away: For see, they would pin him below, In a small narrow cave, and begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey. 3. To Beauty ? Ah, no! she forgets The charms which she wielded before: Nor knows the foul worm that... | |
 | 1834 - 300 pages
...to Ambition ? Oh, no! Affrighted, he shrinketh away: For see, they would pin him below, In a small narrow cave, and begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey. 3. To Beauty ? Ah, no! she forgets The charms which she wielded before: Nor knows the foul worm that... | |
 | 1836 - 712 pages
...Ah ! no; Affrighted he shrinked» away; For see ! they would pin him below To a small narrow rave, and begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles...The skin which, but yesterday, fools could adore, Fur the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings... | |
 | Henry Burgess (of Luton) - 1836 - 446 pages
...to Ambition ? Ah, no ! Affrighted, he shrinketh away ; For see, they would pin him below In a dark narrow cave, and, begirt with cold clay, To the meanest...before; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin that, but yesterday, fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall... | |
 | 1836 - 706 pages
...build to Ambition? Ah no! Affrighted, h<; shrinked) away; For see, they would pin him below, In a dark narrow cave, and begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles, a peer and a prey. To Beauty 1 Ah no ! — she forgets The charm that she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm, that he frets... | |
 | 1836 - 676 pages
...clay, To the meanest of reptiles, a peer and a prey. To Beauty ? Ah no ! — she forgets The charm that she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm, that he frets The skin that, but yesterday, fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the lint that it wore. Shall... | |
 | Thomas Bayley Fox - 1837 - 188 pages
...to Ambition ? Ah ! no, Affrighted lie shrinketh away ; For see ! they would pin him below To a small narrow cave, and begirt with cold clay, To the meanest...she wielded before : Nor knows the foul worm that he freta 9 The skin which, but yesterday, fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which... | |
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Shall we build to Ambition ? Ah no ! Affrighted, he shrinketh away, — For see, they would pin him below In a dark narrow cave, and, begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey. 
