 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 588 pages
...with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a fear and a prey. To Beauty ? Ah, no ! she forgets Tho charms which 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 tint which it wore. Shall... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 588 pages
...pin him below In a dark narrow cave, and, begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a fear and a prey. To Beauty? Ah, no! she forgets The charms which she wielded before, Xor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin that but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 304 pages
...pin him below In a dark narrow cave, and, begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a fear and a prey. To Beauty ? Ah, no ! she forgets The charms...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 we... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pages
...Ambition ? 0, 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. To Beauty ? ah, no ! — si The charms which she wielded before •— • Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 304 pages
...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 fear and a prey. To Beanty ? Ah, no ! she forgets The charms which she wielded before, Nor knows the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 618 pages
...Ambition ? 0, 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...knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yestenlay fools could adore For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 312 pages
...build to Ambition ? Ah no ! Affrighted he shrinketh away ; For see, they would pen him below In a small narrow cave and begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey. To Beauty ? Ah no I she forgets The charms which she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets " The skin... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 pages
...Ambition? Ah no ! Affrighted, he shriuketh away ; For see, they would pin him below In a small narrow rave, and, begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey. To Beanty ? Ah no ! she forgets The charms which she wielded oefore ; Nor knows the foul worm that he... | |
 | Choice poems - 1879 - 206 pages
...to Ambition ? Ah no ! Affrighted, he shrinketh away ; For see, they would pin him below To a small narrow cave ; and, begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer1 and a prey. To Beauty ? Ah no ! she forgets The charms that she wielded before ; Nor knows the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 826 pages
...to Ambition 1 Ah no ! Affrighted, he shrinketh away ; For see, they would pin him below ID a small narrow cave, and, begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey. To Scanty? Ah no ! she forgets The charms which she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets... | |
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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. 
