 The charms that she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings which dizen the proud?...  The Quarterly Review - Page 383edited by - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 372 pages
...The skin that but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings...aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed ] Save the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the Shroud. l76 _ STANZAS. To Riches ? Alas, 'tis in... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 366 pages
...The skin that but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings...they are all laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adormnent allowed Save the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the Shroud. l76 STANZAS. To Riches... | |
 | 1841 - 686 pages
...The skin which but yesterday fools could ndore Kor the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings which dizen the proud 1 Alas ! they are all laid aside ; And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd But the long winding-sheet,... | |
 | 1842 - 818 pages
...skin that, but yesterday, fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings...dizen the proud .' Alas ! they are all laid aside, And here 's neither dress nor adornment allowed, Save the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud.... | |
 | Christian literature for children - 1843 - 686 pages
...beauty it held, or the tint that it wore. Shall we build to the Purple of Pride, The trappings that dizen the proud ? Alas ! they are all laid aside ; And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, But the long winding sheet, and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches ? Alas ! 'tis in vain.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Ballads, English - 1844 - 164 pages
...skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the Purple of Pride, The trappings...laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, But the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. -- . m (•* ' \ • r.rd v|< / I... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...skins which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings which 'dizen the proud ? Alas I they are all laid aside ; And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, Bat the long winding-sheet,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 750 pages
...The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held or the tint which it wore. s grave ; I sit in the hollow of the tree. It is worth a thousand homilies Ī Alas ! they are all laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornments allowed, But the long winding-sheet... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1844
...The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held or the tint which it wore. n ; Wh t Alas ! they are all laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornments allowed, But the long winding-sheet... | |
 | William Morrison Engles - English poetry - 1844 - 274 pages
...skin which, but yesterday, fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of pride, The trappings which dizen the proud?j Alas ! they are all laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed, But the long... | |
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