 This frail and feverish being of an hour ; 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...  The Pleasures of Hope, with Other Poems - Page 73by Thomas Campbell - 1817 - 136 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Campbell - 1800 - 168 pages
...the tempeft travels on the deep, 340 To know Delight but by her parting fmile, And toil, and wifh, and weep, a little while ; Then melt, ye elements, that form'd in vain This troubled pulfe, and vifionary brain ! Fade, ye wild flowers, memorials of my doom ; 345 And fmk, ye ftars, that... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Hope - 1804 - 182 pages
...This frail and fev'rish being of an hour, Doom'd o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep. Swift as the tempest travels on the deep, To know Delight...visionary brain ! Fade, ye wild flowers, memorials of my doom-j / And sink, ye stars, that light me to the tomb I Truth, ever lovely, since the world began,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1804 - 144 pages
...being of an hour ; Doom'd o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift as the tempest travels oti the deep, To know Delight but by her parting smile, And toil, and wish, and weep a little while j Then melt, ye elements ! that fofm'd in vain This troubled pulse, and visionary brain ! Fade ye wild... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1806 - 220 pages
...; Doom'd o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift as the tempest travels on the deep, 34O To know Delight but by her parting smile, And toil,...visionary brain ! Fade, ye wild flowers, memorials of niy doom, 345 And sink, ye stars, that light me to the tomb ! Truth, ever lovely — since the world... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...This frail and feverish being of an hour, Doomed o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift as the tempest travels on the deep, To know Delight...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
...This frail and feverish being of an hour; Doom'd o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep. Swift as the tempest travels on the deep; To know Delight...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... | |
 | 1827 - 590 pages
...charter of my life, If chance awak'd, inexorable power, This frail, and feverish being of an hour; Then melt, ye elements ! that form'd in vain This troubled pulse, and visionary brain ! Let not the faith of the reading but unreflecting many, be shaken by infidelity and doubts dressed... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...This frail and feverish being of an hour, 50 Doomed o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift as the tempest travels on the deep, To know Delight...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
...This frail and fev'rish being of an hour, Duom'd o'er the world's precarious scene to sweep, Swift as the tempest travels on the deep. To know Delight...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... | |
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