 In a dark narrow cave, and, begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey. To Beauty ? Ah no ! she forgets The charms which She wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin that but yesterday fools could adore,...  Varieties in woman, a novel - Page 97by Varieties - 1819Full view - About this book
 | 1819 - 384 pages
...meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey ! To Beanty ? Ah, no! she forgets The charms which she boasted before : — Nor knows the foul worm that he frets...yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, and the tints which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride? The trappings which dizen the proud... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1819 - 754 pages
...ihrinketh away, For see, they would pin him below In a small narrow cave, and, uegirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey. To Beauty...! she forgets The charms which she wielded before j Nor knows the foul worm that he fret* The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness... | |
 | 1819 - 382 pages
...shrinketh away; For see they, would hind him below, In a small narrow cave, and begirt with cold rl;i\ . To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey ! To Beauty ? Ah, no ! she forgets The charms which she boasted before : — Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools could... | |
 | 1819 - 728 pages
...below In a small narrow cave, and, begirt witl» cold clay. To the meanest of reptiles a peer anil a prey. To Beauty ? Ah, no ! she forgets The charms which she wielded before ; Nor knows the fuul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools coald adore, For the smoothness it held,... | |
 | English essays - 1819 - 728 pages
...sorrow flow, O! rather leave the hidden wound Tuou canst not heal — and shuuldst not know. 1819. JCW Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools could adure, For the smooihness it held, or the tint which it wore. . The last of these stanzas is given... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1819 - 500 pages
...shrinked] away; For see they would pin him below In a small narrow cave, and begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles, a peer and a prey. To beauty ? ah no I she forgets The charms which she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm, that he frets The skin... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...shrinketh away : For see, they would pin him below, In a small narrow cave, and begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey. To Beauty...she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that lie frets 1 See Quarterly Review, vol. xxi, p. 218 ; and Blackwood's Magazine, vol. iv, p. 656, for... | |
 | Baptists - 1821 - 488 pages
...To a. small narrow cave, and Ы-girt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey. 3 To beauty ? Ah no ! she forgets The charms which she...before, Nor knows the foul worm, that he frets The skin, that but yesterday, fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tints that it wore. 4 Shall... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...shrinketh away; For see, they would pin him below, In a small narrow cave, and begirt with cold clay, To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey. To Beauty...! She forgets The charms which she wielded before ; Shall we build to the purple of Pride, — The trappings which dizen the proud ? Alas ! they are... | |
 | English essays - 1823 - 536 pages
...away ; For, see ! they would fix him below, In a small narrow cave, and begirt with cold clay," • To the meanest of reptiles a peer and a prey ! ' To Beauty...fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purpVe of Piidc — The trappings which dizen the proud ?... | |
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