 | Alexander Henley Grant - 1881 - 416 pages
...to Ambition ! Ah, no ! Affrighted, he shrinkedi away ; For see, they would pin him below In a small narrow cave, and begirt with cold clay To the meanest...fools could adore, For the smoothness it held or the tints which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings which dizen the proud ? Alas... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 pages
...to Ambition T AU! no: Affrighted, lie shriukctli away ; For see, they would pin him below In a small e ! Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt...winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were w that she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that ho frets The skin which but yesterday fools... | |
 | Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - 1880 - 1108 pages
...gloom The abode of the dead and the place of the tomb. 240 For see, they would pin him below In a dark s fear and a prey. To Beauty ? Ah, no ! she forgets The charms which she wielded before, Nor knows the... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pages
...Ambition t ah, 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 t ah, no ! — she forgets The charms which she wielded before — Nor knows the foul worm that he... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1883 - 382 pages
...to 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!—she forgets The charms which she wielded before— Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The... | |
 | Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - 1885 - 1148 pages
...narrow cave, and, begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a fear and a prey. To Beauty ? All. no ! she forgets The 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... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford - 1888 - 420 pages
...Ah DO I AfTrighled, he shrink-Ill away ; For we, they would pin hiiu below In a small narrow cnve, and, begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prcv. To Beauty ? Ah no ! she forget» The charms which she wielded before ; Nor knows tho foul worm... | |
 | 1884 - 784 pages
...to Ambition t Ah no ! Affrighted he springeth away. For, see, they would pin him below In a small, narrow cave and begirt with cold clay, To the meanest...she wielded before, Nor knows the foul worm that he freta, The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tints which... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 460 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 PreyTo Beauty? ah, no! — she forgets The charms which she wielded before — Nor knows the foul worm... | |
 | Charles Frederick Forshaw - 1892 - 202 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...which she wielded before, Nor knows the foul worm that she frets, 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. 
