 Lighter than air, Hope's summer-visions die, If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky; If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour?...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 841856Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1801 - 222 pages
...fleeting cloud obscure the sky; G6 If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of...rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest ! «7 NOTES. NOTES ON THE FIRST PART. NOTE a. Page 20, 1. 7. Awake lut one, and lo, what myriads rise!... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1801 - 208 pages
...a fleeting cloud obscure the sky; If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of...trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path 3 stream of living light; And gild those pure and perfect realms of rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1802 - 308 pages
...a fleeting cloud obscure the sky; If but a beam of sober Reason play, LO, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of...rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest ! NOTES ON THE FIRST PART. NOTE a. Page 20, 1. 7. Awake tut one, and lo, what myriads rise; WHEN a... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Hope - 1804 - 182 pages
...a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of...rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest ! THE END. NOTES ON THE FIRST PART. NOTE 1. So when the daring sons of science, &c He wept ; but the... | |
 | Mary Hill (novelist.) - 1813 - 464 pages
...a fleeting cloud obscure the sty ; If but a beam of sober reason play, La, fancy's fairy frost-work melts away. But can the wiles of art, the grasp of power, Siyitch the rich relics of a well-spent hour? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - American essays - 1815 - 300 pages
..." If but a beam of sober reason play, " Lo, fancy's fairy frost-work melts away. " But can the wile of art, the grasp of power, " Snatch the rich relics..." Where virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest." To you, my young friends, who are acquiring an education, I cannot express the peculiar worth and importance... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1816 - 260 pages
...own. Lighter than air, Hope's summer-visions die, -£3t> If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky j If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy...Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well- spent hour? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path a stream of... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1816 - 276 pages
...a fleeting cloud obscure the sky; If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well- spent hour? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path a stream of... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Pow'rr Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour ? These, when- the trembling spirit wings her fligh Pour round her path a stream of living light ; And gild those pure and perfect realms of rest,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1820 - 272 pages
...a fleeting cloud obscure the sky; If but a beam of sober Reason play, Lo, Fancy's fairy frost-work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art, the grasp of...rest, Where Virtue triumphs, and her sons are blest! NOTES ON THE FIRST PART. Page 12, line 13. Up springs, at every step, to claim a tear, I CAME to the... | |
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