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" 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 skin which but yesterday fools could adore... "
The Ministry of Jesus Christ: Comp. and Arranged from the Four Gospels, for ... - Page 98
by Thomas Bayley Fox - 1837
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The Mothers' friend, ed. by Ann Jane, Volumes 4-7

Ann Jane - 1851 - 964 pages
...that she wielded 'before, Nor knows the foul worm, that it frets The skin which but yesterday fool's could adore, For the smoothness it held or the tint...Pride ? The trappings which dizen the proud, Alas! they•are all laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed, But the long winding-sheet,...
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Cyclopedia of English Literature: a Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...t Ah no ! she forgets The charms which »he wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets W * went Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings which dizen the proud 1 Alas ! they are all...
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The Three Paths, Or, Truth, Vanity, and Profession, Volume 2

Mrs. Anderson (Caroline Dorothea), Caroline Dorothea Anderson (hon.) - 1852 - 280 pages
...she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that it frets, The skin which but yesterday fools would adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore." As long as the sun shone she basked in it ; but though she might close her eyes and even dance upon...
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century: on the Plan of the Author's ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...the foul worm that he frets The skin that but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it hold or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings whicli di/en the proud? Alas! they are all laid aside, AnJ here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd,...
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Poetry: selected for the use of schools and families by A. Bowman

Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...no ! — she forgets The charms which she wielded before — Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For...purple of Pride — The trappings which dizen the proud 1 Alas ! they are all laid aside — And here 's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, But the long...
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century: On the Plan of the Author's ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pages
...hut yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothuess it held or the tint which it wore. Shall we huild to the purple of Pride, The trappings which dizen...aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, Save the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches ? Alas ! 'tis in vain ; Who hid...
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A Selection of Poetry

Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 pages
...? Ah, no ! she forgets The charms which she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools could adore For the smoothness it held, and the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings which dizen the proud...
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Lays for the Sabbath: A Collection of Religious Poetry

John Pierpont - 1860 - 338 pages
...? Ah ! no : she forgets The charms which she wielded before : Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which, but yesterday, fools could adore For...the smoothness it held or the tint which it wore. 260 And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, But the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the...
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Lays of the pious minstrel, selections by J.B.H.

Lays - 1862 - 406 pages
...no ! — she forgets The charms which she wielded before — Kor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For...neither dress nor adornment allow'd, But the long winding-sheet, and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches ? Alas ! 'tis in vain — Who hid, in their...
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Gleanings from the English poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with biogr. notices ...

English poets - 1862 - 622 pages
...Beauty? Ah no! she forgets The charms which she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For...the smoothness it held or the tint which it wore. To Riches? Alas ! 'tis in vain ; Who hid in their turns have been hid; 1 The treasures are squandered...
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