 Of what is't fools make such vain keeping ? Sin their conception, their birth weeping. Their life a general mist of error, Their death a hideous storm of terror. Strew your hair with powders sweet, Don clean linen, bathe your feet. And (the...  American Anthropologist - Page 131891Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 614 pages
...schritclt-owle, and the whistler shrill, Call upon our dame, aloud, And bid her quickly don her shrozcd : Much you had of land and rent, Your length in clay 's now competent. A long war disturb' d your mind, Here your perfect peace is sign'J, Of what is 't, fooles make such vaine keeping... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 614 pages
...scliritch-owle, and the whistler shrill, Call upon our dame, aloud, And bid her quickly don her snrotcd : Muck you had of land and rent, Your length in clay 's now competent. A long nor disturb'd your mind, Here, your perfect peace is sign'd, Of what is 't, fooles make such vaine... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 444 pages
...dame aloud, And bid her quickly don her shroud. Much you had of land and rent, Your length in clay's now competent ; A long war disturbed your mind, Here your perfect peace is sign'd ; Of what is't fools make such vain keeping ? Sin their conception, their birth weeping : Their... | |
 | Samuel Astley Dunham - Authors, English - 1837 - 418 pages
...still, The screech owl, and the whistler shrill, Call upon our dame aloud, And bid her quickly donVier shroud ! Much you had of land and rent ; Your length in clay 's now competent : A long war disturb'd your mind ; Here your perfect peace is signed. Of what is 't fools make such vain keeping... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 338 pages
...bring you By degrees to mortification. Listen — Dirge. Hark ! now every thing is still ! The scritch owl, and the whistler shrill Call upon our Dame aloud,...Rent, Your length in clay 's now competent. A long war disturVd your mind, Here your perfect peace is sign'd, Of what is 't fools make such vain keeping?... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 350 pages
...und the whistler shrill Call upon our Dame aloud, And bid her quickly don her shroud. Much you had ot Land and Rent, Your length in clay 's now competent. A long war disturb'd your mind, Here your perfect peace is sign'd. Of what is 't fools make such vuin keeping... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 342 pages
...and the whistler shrill Call upon our Dame aloud, And bid her quickly don her shroud. Much you had ot Land and Rent, Your length in clay 's now competent. A long war disturb'd your mind, Here your perfect peace is sign'd. Of what is 't fools make such vain keeping"... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...to bring yon By degrees to mortification. Listen : " Hark, now everything is still, The screech-owl and the whistler shrill, Call upon our dame aloud,...Your length in clay 's now competent ; A long war disturb'd your mind, Here your perfect peace is sign'd ; Of what is't fools make such vain keeping... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1843 - 720 pages
...Listen. Dirge. Hark, now every thing is still ; This screech-owl, and the whistler shrill, Call upon oar dly ripe could be So round, eo plump, so soft as she,...Her finger was so small, the ring Would not stay disturb'd your mind ; Here your perfect peace is sign'd. Of what is Ч fools make such vain keeping... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Royal Robbins - American literature - 1845 - 342 pages
...and the whistler shrill Call upon our Dame aloud, And bid her quickly don her shroud. Much you had ot Land and Rent, Your length in clay 's now competent....war disturbed your mind, Here your perfect peace is sign'J. Of what is 't fools make such vain keeping 1 Sin their conception, their birth weeping ! Their... | |
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