 Doomed o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift as the tempest travels on the deep, To know Delight but by her parting smile, And toil, and wish, and weep a little while ; Then melt, ye elements, that formed in vain This troubled pulse, and visionary...  The Pleasures of Hope: With Other Poems - Page 83by Thomas Campbell - 1822 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Campbell - 1806 - 220 pages
...Be all the faithless charter of my life, If Chance awak'd, inexorable pow'r, This frail and fev'rish being of an hour ; Doom'd o'er the world's precarious...to sweep, Swift as the tempest travels on the deep, 34O To know Delight but by her parting smile, And toil, and wish, and weep, a little while; Then melt,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 254 pages
...the faithless charter of my life, If Chance awak'd, inexorahle pow'r ! This frail and fev'rish heing of an hour, Doom'd o'er the world's precarious scene...to sweep, Swift as the tempest travels on the deep, 340 To know Delight hut hy her parting smile, 42 Then melt, ye elements, that form'd in vain This trouhled... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...charter of my life, If Chance awaked, inexorable power! This frail and feverish being of an hour, Doomed o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift...weep, a little while ; Then melt, ye elements, that formed in vain This troubled pulse, and visionary brain ! Fade, ye wild flowers, memorials of my doom... | |
 | Solomon Piggott - Suicide - 1824 - 422 pages
...hope remain. But, if the warring winds of Nature's strife Be all the faithless charter of my lite; It' Chance awaked, inexorable power, This frail and feverish...while ; Then melt, ye elements, that form'd in vain '1 his troubled pulse, and visionary brain ! Fade, ye wild flowers, memorials of my doom, And sink,... | |
 | John Harman Bedford - 1825 - 250 pages
...t'HAF. CHAP. VI. Doom d o'er the world' i precarioui scene to sweep. Swift as the tempest travels to the deep, To know delight but by her parting smile, And toil, and with, and weep a little while. Fade, ye wild flowers, memorials of my doom, And smk, ye stars, that... | |
 | John Harman Bedford - 1825 - 240 pages
...Mitylene, and made another holiday in their little heaven. ;> 4 CHAP. 214 . • i • CHAP. VI. Doom d o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift as the tempest travels to the deep, To know delight but by her parting smile, Ami toil, and wish, and weep a little while.... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 292 pages
...all the faithless charter of my life, If Chance awak'd, inexorable pow'r ! This frail and fev'rish being of an hour, Doom'd o'er the world's precarious...weep, a little while ; Then melt, ye elements, that formed in vain This troubled pulse, and visionary brain ! Fade, ye wild flowers, memorials of my doom... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...of my life, If chance awaked, inexorable power ! This frail and feverish being of an hour, 50 Doomed o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift...weep a little while ; Then melt, ye elements, that formed in vain 55 This troubled pulse, and visionary brain ! Fade, ye wild flowers, memorials of my... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...life, •• If Chance avrak'd, inexorable pow'r! This frail and fev'rish being of an hour, Duom'd o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift...weep, a little while ; Then melt, ye elements, that form dm vain This troubled pulse, and visionary brain ! Fade, ye wild flowers, memorials of my doom... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...frail and feverish being of an hour ; Doomed, o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift a.-; the tempest travels on the deep, To know Delight but...weep, a little while ; Then melt, ye elements, that formed in vain This troubled pulse, and visionary brain ! Fade, ye wild flowers, memorials of my doom,... | |
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