 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1883 - 382 pages
...tint which it wore. Pride— The trappings which dizen the proud ? Shall we build to the purple of Alas! they are all laid aside; And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed, But the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches ? alas! 't is in vain;... | |
 | Christian Brothers - 1884 - 516 pages
...the tint which it wore. And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed, But the long winding-sheet, and the fringe of the shroud. To riches ? Alas! 'tis in vain; "Who hid, in their turn have been hid ; The treasures are squandered again; And here in the grave are all metals forbid,... | |
 | 1886 - 548 pages
...to Ambition ? Oh no ! Affrighted, he shrinketh away ; For see ! they would pin him below In a email narrow cave, and, begirt with cold clay, To the meanest...laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed But the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches ? Alas ! 'tis in vain :... | |
 | 1888 - 916 pages
...encompass the gloom, The abode of the dead, and the place of the tomb. Shall we build to AMRITION ? Oh, no ! Affrighted he shrinketh away : For see, they...here's 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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 458 pages
...they are all laid aside ; And here 's neither dress nor adornment allowed, But the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches? alas! 'tis in vain ; Who hid, in their turn have been hid : The treasures are squandered again ; And here in the grave are all metals forbid,... | |
 | 1884 - 784 pages
...held, or the tints which it bore. Shall we build to the Purple of pride ? The trappingH that Mi/en the proud ? Alas ! they are all laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed, But the long, winding sheet, and the fringe of the shroud ! To Riches ? alas I 'tis in vain,... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1890 - 976 pages
...tint which it wore, Shall we build to the purple of Pride — The trappings which dizen the proud t Alas! they are all laid aside; And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed But the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Richest alas ! 'tis in vain : Who... | |
 | Charles Frederick Forshaw - 1892 - 202 pages
...Beauty ? Ah, no ! she forgets The charms which she wielded before, Nor knows the foul worm that she frets, The skin which but yesterday fools could adore...laid aside ; And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed, But the long winding-sheet, and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches ? Alas ! 'tis in vain,... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1893 - 560 pages
...appear, But the shadows of eve that encompass the gloom, The abode of the dead and the place of the tomb. Shall we build to Ambition ? Oh no ! Affrighted, he...laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed But the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches ? Alas ! 'tis in vain :... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pages
...she wielded before — Nor knows the foul worm that he frets rhe skin which but yesterday fools could For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore....laid aside ; And here's neither dress nor adornment alWd, But the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches? r-ias 1 'tis in vain ; Who... | |
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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... 
