To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, The revel, the laugh, and the jeer ? Ah ! here is a plentiful board ! But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. The Quarterly review - Page 3971819Full view - About this book
| William Oxberry - 1824 - 380 pages
...again; And here in the grave are all metals forbid, But the tinsel that shone on the dark coffin lid. To the pleasures which Mirth can afford — The revel,...jeer? Ah! here is a plentiful board; But the guests arc all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to Affection... | |
| 1824 - 588 pages
...again. Ami here in the grave are all metals forbid, But the tinsel that shone on the dark ceffifl lid. To the pleasures which Mirth can afford,— The revel,...laugh, and the jeer ? Ah! here is a plentiful board ; Bat the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall... | |
| 1826 - 450 pages
...a^aiu, And here in the grave are all metals forhid, But the tinsel that shone on the dark coffin lid. To the pleasures which Mirth can afford ? The revel,...the laugh, and the jeer ! Ah ! here is a plentiful hoard. But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none hut the worm id a reveller here.... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 426 pages
...again ; And here in the grave are all metals forbid Save the tinsel that shines on the dark coffin lid. To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, The revel,...pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to Affection and Love ? Ah, no ! They have withered and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 430 pages
...again ; And here in the grave are all metals forbid Save the tinsel that shines on the dark coffin lid. To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, The revel,...pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. • Shall we build to Affection and Love ? Ah, no ! They have withered and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
| 1828 - 398 pages
...again ; And here in the grave are all metals forbid, But the tinsel that shone on the dark coffin lid. To the pleasures which mirth can afford, The revel,...as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveler here. Shall we build to affection and love? Ah ! no ; they have wither'd and died, Or fled... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 422 pages
...again ; And here in the grave are all metals forbid Save the tinsel that shines on UK; dark coffin lid. To the pleasures, which Mirth can afford, The revel,...mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm ia a reveller here. Shall we build to Affection and Love ? Ah, no ! They have withered and died, Or... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1828 - 498 pages
...again ; And here in the grave are all metals forbid Save the tinsel that shines on the dark coffin lid. To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, The revel,...laugh, and the jeer ? Ah ! here is a plentiful board 1 But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer. And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall... | |
| Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 pages
...again, And here in the grave are all metals forbid But the tinsel, which shone on the dark coffin lid. To the pleasures which mirth can afford ? The revel, the laugh and the jeer ? Oh here ! is a plentiful board, But the guests are all mute, on their pitiful cheer, And none but... | |
| Jabez Burns - 1829 - 378 pages
...again. And here in the grave are all metals forbid, But the tinsel that shone on the dark coffin lid. To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, The revel,...pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to Affection and Love ? Oh, no ! they have wither'd and died, Or fled with the Spirit... | |
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