 | 1820 - 590 pages
...for his departure was so easy, that it was imperceptible even to the standers by. ' — ' So fails, so languishes, grows dim, and dies All that this world...their spheres The stars of human glory are cast down ; Perish the roses and the flowers of Kings, Princes and Emperours, and the crowns and palms Of all... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1814 - 476 pages
...gift." " So fails, so languishes, grows dim, and dies," The grey-haired Wanderer pensively exclaimed, " All that this World is proud of. From their spheres The stars of human glory are cast down ; Perish the roses and the flowers of Kings, Princes and Emperors, and the crowns and palms Of all... | |
 | England - 1839 - 870 pages
...earthly grandeur, and the disappointment of all hopes which were not " anchored in heaven." " So fades, so languishes, grows dim, and dies All that this world is proud of. From their spberes The stars of human glory are cast down, Perish the roses and the flowers of V. in.',-, Princes... | |
 | England - 1830 - 1024 pages
...gloria mundi !" The salmon is in shivers, and the grousepie has vanished like a dream ! " So fades, 90 languishes, grows dim, and dies, All that this world is proud of !" Only a goose remains ! and would that he too were gone to return no more ; for he makes me an old... | |
 | English literature - 1835 - 564 pages
...of quiet rest, on the 23rd of April, the anniversary of the day of his birth, he died ! " So fails, so languishes, grows dim, and dies, All that this...their spheres The stars of human glory are cast down ; Perish the roses and the flowers of Kings, Princes, and Emperors, and the crowns and palms Of all... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...virtue.' His departure was so easy, that it was imperceptible even to the standers by *. So fails, so languishes, grows dim and dies, All that this world...their spheres The stars of human glory are cast down ; Perish the roses and the flowers of Kings, • Princes and Emperors, and the crowns and palms Of... | |
 | Classical philology - 1821 - 494 pages
...the pages of Claudian, previous to their final disappearance as national characteristics. So fades, so languishes, grows dim, and dies, All that this world is proud of. In Claudian the Roman muse seemed to combine the attributes of several of her former favorites, for... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 456 pages
..." So fails, so languishes, grows dim, and dies," ' The grey-haired Wanderer pensively exclaimed, " All that this World is proud of. From their spheres The stars of human glory are cast down ; Perish the roses and the flowers of Kings, Princes, and Emperors, and the crowns and palms Of all... | |
 | Cornelius Roosevelt Duffie - Sermons, American - 1829 - 444 pages
...summer, and autumn quickly brings on the sway of relentless winter. So passes human life. " So fails, so languishes, grows dim, and dies, " All that this...spheres " The stars of human glory are cast down. " Perish the roses and the flowers of kings, " Princes, and emperors, and the crowns and palms " Of... | |
 | Scottish periodicals - 1830 - 1034 pages
...gloria mundi !" The salmon is in shivers, and the grousepie has vanished like a dream ! " So fades, 90 languishes, grows dim, and dies, All that this world Is proud of!" Only a goose remains! and would that he too were gone to return no more ; for lie makes me an old man.... | |
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All that this World is proud of. From their spheres The stars of human glory are cast down ; Perish the roses and the flowers of Kings, Princes, and Emperors, and the crowns and palms Of all the Mighty, withered and consumed ! Nor is power given to lowliest... 
