 | David Lewis - English poetry - 1726 - 346 pages
...feen this broken Pile compleat, Big with the Vanity of Stdte ; But tranfient is the Smile of Fate ! A little Rule, a little Sway, A Sun-beam in a Winter's...and Mighty have, Between the Cradle and the Grave. And fee the Rivers how they run, Thro' Woods and Meads, in Shade and Sun, Sometimes fwift, and fometimes... | |
 | David Lewis - English poetry - 1726 - 350 pages
...Big with the Vanity of State ; But tranfient is the Smile of Fate! A little Rule, a little Sway, t, A Sun-beam in a Winter's Day Is all the Proud and Mighty have, Between the Cradle and the Grave. And fee the Rivers how they run, Thro' Woods and Meads, in Shade and Sun, Sometimes fwift, and fometimes... | |
 | 1735 - 682 pages
...with the vanity of ftatej But tranfient is the fmileoffate! A littk rub, a little fway, A fun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. Thefe paffages are poetical, and merit a higher commendation than they have received. Many of the verfes,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1755 - 356 pages
...the vanity of ftate; Bat tranfient is the fmile of fate ! A little rule, * little fway, A fun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers how they run, Thro' woods and meads, in made and fun, Sometimes fwift, and fbmetimes... | |
 | 1758 - 352 pages
...the vanity of ftate ; But tranfient is the fmile of fate ! A little rule, a little fway, A fun beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers how they run, Thro' woods and meads, in (hade and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 384 pages
...the vanity of ftate ; But tranfient is the fmile of fate ! A little rule, a little fway, A fun beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers how they run, Thro' woods and meads, in made and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes... | |
 | John Dyer - English poetry - 1761 - 196 pages
...the vanity of ftate ; But tranfient is the fmile of fate ! A little rule, a little fway, A fun beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers how they run, Thro' woods and meads, in fliade and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1765 - 392 pages
...ftate ; But tranfient is the finile of fate ? A little I \ A little rule, a little fway, • A fun beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers how they run, Through woods and meads, in (hade and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes... | |
 | Collection - 1766 - 356 pages
...the vanity of ftate ; But tranfient is the fmile of fate ! A little rule, a little fway, A fun beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers how they run, Through woods and meads, in made and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 362 pages
...But tranfient is the finile of Fate ! J A little rule, a little fway, A fun-beam in a winter's-day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And fee the rivers how they ran, Through woods and meads, in made and fun, Sometimes fwift, fometimes... | |
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A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. 
