 Lethean gulfs receive them as they fall, And dark oblivion soon absorbs them all. So when a child, as playful children use, Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire, There goes my lady, and there goes the...  The Works of William Cowper, Esq: Comprising His Poems, Corrsepondence, and ... - Page 43by William Cowper - 1836Full view - About this book
 | 1805 - 948 pages
...views the roving fire, There pocs my lady, and there goes the Squire. There goes the parson — Oh illustrious spark .' And there — scarce less illustrious...goes the clerk!' " Virgil admits none but worthies int. i ihc Elysian fields ; I cannot recollect the lines in which he describes then* all, but these... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire — There goes my lady, and there goes the squire, There goes the parson, oh ! illustrious spark, And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk ! JNDUS.TRY NECESSARY TO... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire.... There goes my lady, and there goes the squire, There goes the parson, oh ! 'illustrious spark, And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk ! REPORT er AN ADJUDGED... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 404 pages
...views the roving fire, There goes my lady, and there goes the 'squire, There goes the parson- — -Oh illustrious spark ! And there scarce less illustrious...admits none but worthies into the Elysian fields; 1 cannot recollect the lines in which he describes them all, but these in particular I well remember... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 394 pages
...use) Has burnt to cinder a stale last-year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire, There goes my lady, and there goes the 'squire, There goes the parson Oh illustrious spark ! And there scarce less illustrious goes the clerk ! Virgil admits none but worthies... | |
 | Panorama - Epigrams, English - 1809 - 368 pages
...children use, " burnt * tinder a stale last year's news. The flame extinct, he views the roving fireThere goes my Lady, and there goes the Squire, There goes the Parson, oh, illustrious Spark ! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the cUrkf TO A LADY WHO LAMENTED SHE... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire — There goes my lady, and there goes the squire, There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark ! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk ! REPORT OF AN ADJUDGED CASE... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 396 pages
...Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire— There goes my lady, and there goes the squire, There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk! 276 REPORT OF AX ADJUDGED... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...Has burnt to tinder a stale last-year's news, The fljine extinct, he views the roving fire : There goes my lady, and there goes the squire; There goes the parson, O illustrious spark ! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk. The Nightingale and Glow-... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...Has hurnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire — There goes my lady, and there goes the squire, There goes the parson, oh ! illustrious spark, And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk ! REPORT OF AH ADJUDGED... | |
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