 | John Bell - 1789 - 416 pàgines
...of feme. XVI. " The end and the reward of toil is rest. Be all my prayer for virtue and for peace. Of wealth and fame, of pomp and power possess'd, Who...harmonious string, The dust of Ophir, or the Tyrian' fleeoe, All that art, fortune, enterprise, can bring, If envy, scorn, remorse, or pride the bosom wring... | |
 | 1789 - 214 pàgines
...of fame. XVI. " The end and the reward of toil is rest. Be all my prayer for virtue and for peace. Of wealth and fame, of pomp and power possess'd, Who ever felt his weight of woe decrease I Ah ! what avails the lore of Rome and Greece, The lay heaven-prompted, and harmonious string, The... | |
 | John Adams - 1789 - 376 pàgines
...wealth and fame, of pomp and power pofTefs'd, F « Who " Who ever felt his weight of woe decreafe ! " Ah ! what avails the lore of Rome and Greece, *' The lay heaven-prompted, and harmonious firing, " The duft of Ophir, or the Tyrian fleece, " All that art, fortune, enterprife, can bring,... | |
 | James Beattie - 1797 - 150 pàgines
...fame. XVI. " The end and the reward of toil is rest. " Be all my prayer for virtue and for peace. " Of wealth and fame, of pomp and power possess'd, " Who ever felt his weight of wo decrease ! " Ah ! what avails the lore of Rome and Greece, " The lay heaven-prompted, and harmonious... | |
 | 1802 - 302 pàgines
...fame. XVI. " The end and the reward of toil is rest. " Be all my prayer for virtue and for peace. " Of wealth and fame, of pomp and power possess'd, " Who ever felt his weight of wo decrease ! " Ah ! what avails the lore of Rome a\id Greece, " The lay heaven-prompted, and harmonious... | |
 | James Beattie - 1802 - 152 pàgines
...fame. XVI. " The end and the reward of toil is rest. " Be all my prayer for virtue and for peace. " Of wealth and fame, of pomp and power possess'd, " Who ever felt his weight of wo decrease ! " Ah ! what avails the lore of Rome and, Greece, " The lay heaven-prompted, and harmonious... | |
 | James Beattie - 1803 - 190 pàgines
...rest. " Be all my prayer for virtue and for peace. " Of wealth and fame, of pomp and power possessed, " Who ever felt his weight of woe decrease ! " Ah !...If envy, scorn, remorse, or pride, the bosom wring ? XVII. " Let vanity adorn the marble tomb " With trophies, rhymes, and scutcheons of renown, " In... | |
 | James Beattie - 1805 - 178 pàgines
...rest. * Be all my prayer for virtue and for peace. ' Of wealth and fame, of pomp and power possessed, ' Who ever felt his weight of woe decrease ! ' Ah !...If envy, scorn, remorse, or pride, the bosom wring 1 XVII. ' Let Vanity adorn the marble tomb ' With trophies, rhymes, and scutcheons of renown, ' In... | |
 | James Beattie, Alexander Chalmers - 1805 - 190 pàgines
...of fame. " The end and the reward of toil is rest. " Be all ray prayer for virtue and for peace. " Of wealth and fame, of pomp and power possess'd, " Who ever felt his weight of wo decrease ? " Ah 1 what avails th« lore of Rome and Greece, fi The lay heaven-prompted, and harmonioua... | |
 | 1806 - 184 pàgines
...hopes of fame. * The end and the reward of toil is rest. " Be all my prayer for virtue and for peace. " Of wealth and fame, of pomp and power possess'd, •'...and harmonious string, " The dust of Ophir, or the Tynan neece, " AH that art, fortune, enterprise, can hring, " If envy, scorn, remorse, or pride the... | |
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Who ever felt his weight of woe decrease ? Ah ! what avails the lore of Rome and Greece, The lay heaven-prompted, and harmonious string, The dust of Ophir, or the Tyrian... 
