 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...deep discernment praised, And sound integrity, not more than famed For sanctity of manners undefiled. All flesh is grass, and all its glory fades Like the fair flower dishevelled in the wind ; Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream i The man we celebrate... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1814 - 494 pages
...sonnd integrity, not more than fam'd For sanctity of mauners nndenl'd. All flesh is grass, and all it's glory fades Like the fair flow'r dishevell'd in the wind ; Riches have wings, and grandenr is a dream. The man we celebrate mnst find a tomh, And we that worship him ignoble graves.... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 248 pages
...discernment prais'd, AJ/il sound integrity, not more than fam'd For sanctity of manners undefil'd. All flesh is grass, and all its glory fades Like the...flow'r dishevell'd in the wind ; Riches have wings, and grandenr is a dream; The man we celebrate must find a tomb, And we that worship him ignoble graves.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...deep discernment praised, And sound integrity, not more than famed For sanctity of manners undented. All flesh is grass, and all its glory fades Like the fair flower dishevelled in the wind ; Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream : The man we celehrate... | |
 | Frederick Dalcho - South Carolina - 1820 - 670 pages
...not, we soon shall meet again." He was buried on the East of St. Philip's Church, near the Chancel. " All Flesh is grass, and all its glory fades, Like the fair flow'r disbevell'd in the wind." THE REV. GEORGE H. SPIEREN, A. M, Mr. Spieren was descended from a respectable... | |
 | Frederick Dalcho - South Carolina - 1820 - 654 pages
...not, we soon shall meet again." He was buried on the East of St. Philip's Church, near the Chancel. " All Flesh is grass, and all its glory fades, Like the fair flow'r disbevell'd in the wind." THE REV. GEORGE H. SPIEREN, AM Mr. Spieren was descended from a respectable... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...deep discernment praised, And sound integrity, not more than famed For sanctity of manners undented. All flesh is grass, and all its glory fades Like the fair flower dishevelled in the wind ; Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream : The man we celebrate... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 558 pages
...deep discernment prais'd, And sound integrity, not more than fam'd For sancity of manners undefil'd. All flesh is grass, and all its glory fades Like the fair flow'r dishevell'd in the wind ; Kiches have wings, and grandeur is a dream. The man we celebrate must find a tomb, And we that worship... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...deep discernment praised, And sound integrity, not more than famed For sanctity of manners undefilocl. All flesh is grass, and all its glory fades Like the fair flower dishevel'd in the wind: Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream ; The man we celebrate must... | |
 | 1822 - 654 pages
...poetry abounds in this species of imagery, has also ont more nearly resembling that of Scripture : — " All flesh is grass, and all its glory fades Like the fair flower disheVell'd in the wind ; Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream." But such, like Milton's,... | |
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Like the fair flower dishevell'd in the wind ; Riches have wings and grandeur is a dream. The man we celebrate must find a tomb, And we that worship him ignoble graves. 
