 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...hefore : Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which, hut yesterday, fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we huild to the purple of pride, The trappings which dizeu the proud? Alas! they are all laid aside, And... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin that but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore....laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd Save the long winding-sheet and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches? Alas, 'tis in vain ; Who... | |
 | Sumner Lincoln Fairfield - 1830 - 172 pages
...reptiles a peer and a prey." • To beauty ? no ! To pride ? wherefore ? To him nothing is or can be allowed, but " The long windingsheet and the fringe of the shroud." To riches ? alas, nothing remains to them but " The tinael that shone on the dark coffin-lid." To love ? in that awful... | |
 | African Americans - 1834 - 300 pages
...skin which but yesterday fools could adore For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. 4. 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. 5. To riches ? Alas ! 'tis in vain... | |
 | African Americans - 1834 - 450 pages
...skin which but yesterday fools could adore For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. 4. 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. 5To riches? Alas! 'tis in vain... | |
 | 1834 - 536 pages
...wielded before; \or knows the foul worm that he frets, The skin which but yesleiday fools could adore For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore....purple of Pride ! The trappings which dizen the proud! Abis! they are all laid aside: And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed, But the long winding-sheet,... | |
 | 1836 - 712 pages
...before : Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which, but yesterday, fools could adore, Fur the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore....neither dress nor adornment allowed, But the long winding sheet and the fringe of the shroud To Riches ? Alas ! 'tis in vain, Who hid in their turns... | |
 | Henry Burgess (of Luton) - 1836 - 446 pages
...before; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets 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 that dizen the proud? Alas! they are all laid aside. And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed,... | |
 | Church history - 1836 - 378 pages
...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 trapping* which di/vn the proud ? Alas ! they are all laid aside, And here's neither dri;ss nor adornment... | |
 | Thomas Bayley Fox - 1837 - 188 pages
...before : Nor knows the foul worm that he freta 9 The skin which, but yesterday, fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore....laid aside, And here's neither dress nor adornment allow'd, But the long winding sheet, and the fringe of the shroud. To Riches I Alas 1 'tis in vain,... | |
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In a small 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 which but yesterday fools could adore... 
