 Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor ; This year, a reservoir, to keep and spare ; The next, a fountain, spouting through his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall...  The Ancient British Drama ... - Page 228edited by - 1810 - 614 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frederick Somner Merryweather - Misers - 1850 - 182 pages
...says, that Riches, like insects, when conceal' d they lie, Wait but for wings, and in their season fly. Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward of the poor ; This year a reservoir to keep and spare, The next, a fountain, spouting through his heir.... | |
 | F. Somner MERRYWEATHER - 1850 - 192 pages
...says, that Kiches, like insects, when conceal'd they lie, Wait but for wings, and in their season fly. Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward of the poor ; This year a reservoir to keep and spare, The next, a fountain, spouting through his heir.... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1851 - 834 pages
...when conceal'd they lie, Wait but for wings, and in their season fly. Who sees pale Mammon pine amid his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor...reservoir to keep and spare, The next a fountain, spouting through his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...round' Riches, like insects, when conceal'd they lie, Wait but for wings, and in their season fly. W ; 2 II This year, a reservoir, to keep and spare ; The next, a fountain, spouting through his heir,... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - English language - 1853 - 120 pages
...steward for the poor This year a reservoir4 to keep and spare, The next a fountain,4 spouting through his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him till they burst 30 'Rule XIX. ! Rule XI. 3 Rule XXI , Rem. 3. « Rule I. * Mention... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...rounds. Riches, like insects, when concealed they lie, Wait but for wings, and in their season fly. 170 Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but...to keep and spare; The next, a fountain, spouting through his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, 175 And men and dogs shall drink... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...for wings, and in their season fly ; Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store Sees but a baekward steward for the poor ; This year a reservoir, to keep and spare ; The next a fountain, spouting through his heir, In lavish streams to queneh a eountry's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Kensington (London, England) - 1855 - 326 pages
...in the funds, which was shared among five or six day-labourers, who were his nearest relations." " Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor." The High Street of Kensington, though the place is so near London, and contains so many new buildings,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 362 pages
...rounds. Riches, like insects, when conceal'd they lie, Wait but for wings, and in their season fly. iro Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but...to keep and spare ; The next a fountain, spouting through his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, 175 And men and dogs shall drink... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...skulking last, with Selfishness and Fear, And dies, collecting lumber in the rear ! &b at ice,— Pope. Sees but a backward steward for the poor ; This year,...to keep and spare ; The next, a fountain, spouting through his heir, In lavish Streams to quench a Country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him... | |
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