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
| Mrs. M. A. Patrick - 1837 - 214 pages
...The revel, the laugh, and the jeer 1 Ah ! here is a plentiful Board ! But the guests are all mu te at their pitiful cheer, And none but the Worm is a reveller here ! Shall we build to Affection and Love ? Ah, no ! They have wither'd and died, Or fled, with the spirit,... | |
| Frederic James Post, of Islington - 1838 - 528 pages
...; 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 ? Ah ! no ; they have wither'd and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
| Gething - 1838 - 426 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 ? Ah ! no ; they have wither'd and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
| Emily Taylor - 1839 - 306 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 ? Ah ! no; they have wither'd and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
| Emily Taylor - 1839 - 304 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,...the laugh, and the jeer ? Ah! here is a plentiful hoard, But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here.... | |
| Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...; 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? Ah! no : they have withered and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
| 1841 - 686 pages
...again, And here in the grave are all metals forbid But the tinsel that shone on the dark coffin-lid. 262 To the pleasures which Mirth can afford* The revel,...is a plentiful board, But the guests are all mute at their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to Affection and Love... | |
| Lyre - 1841 - 374 pages
...; 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 I But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall... | |
| Lyre - 1841 - 366 pages
...; 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, the laugh, and the jeer J Ah ! here is a plentiful board ! But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but... | |
| 1842 - 820 pages
...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,...is a plentiful board ! But the guests are all mute at their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to Affection and Love... | |
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