 | Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...wiles; 95 Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour? What, though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame, Earth's...:" And " Dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. 100 If this song lives, posterity shall know One (though in Britain born, with courtiers bred) Who... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...of approbation so swelled beyond their real bulk, they will hardly shut. What What though we vrade in wealth, or soar in fame » Earth's highest station ends in Here hi lies! And dust it dust concludes her noblest song. The author of these lines is not without his... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest...:" And " dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. Jf this song lives, posterity shall know One, tho' in Britain born, with courtiers bred, Who thought... | |
 | Edward Young - English literature - 1802 - 402 pages
...Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest...:" And " dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. If this song lives, posterity shall know One, tho' in Britain born, with courtiers bred, Who thought... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1802 - 412 pages
...Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest...:" And " dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. If this song lives, posterity shall know One, tho' in Britain born, with courtiers bred, y Who thought... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...had once approved, he died. Many of his books, which I have seen, are by those notes of approbation so swelled beyond their real bulk, that they will hardly shut. • What What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ! Earth's highest station ends in Here fie /;'«/ And... | |
 | Edward Young - 1805 - 284 pages
...Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? \Vhat, though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame, Earth's...lies:" And " Dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. If this song lives, posterity shall know One (though in Britain born, with courtiers bred,) Who thought... | |
 | Edward Young, Thomas Park - 1808 - 336 pages
...wiles, Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's...;' And ' dust to dust ' concludes her noblest song. If this song lives, posterity shall know One, though in Britain born, with courtiers bred, Who thought... | |
 | William Savery - Sermons, American - 1808 - 128 pages
...the Son of man cometh ;" thy days here may be few ; " dust thou art, and to dust thou shaft return." Earth's highest station ends in, " here he lies :" And, " dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. SERMON VII. MY. religion teaches me this — and it is die grand ruling and fundamental point upon... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour? Whit, tho' eriors of ..the stall ; Thro' tvcry scene of sense...graze the turf nntill'd ; they dnnk the Unbrew'd, and If this song lives, posterity shall know One, tho' in Britain born, with courtiers bred, Who thought... | |
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Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in, " Here he lies," And " Dust to dust 
