tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper ; Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour, For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their " midnight taper," To... The Stage: Both Before and Behind the Curtain, from "observations Taken on ... - Pągina 28per Alfred Bunn - 1840 - 907 pąginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1819 - 242 pągines
...uncertain paper : Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour; For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill,...taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust CCXIX. What are the hopes of man ? old Egypt's King Cheops erected... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1819 - 244 pągines
...uncertain paper : Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour ; For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their " midnight taper,r To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. CCXIX. What... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 486 pągines
...uncertain paper : Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour ; For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill,...taper, » To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. CCXIX. What are the hopes of man ? old Egypt's King Cheops erected... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 pągines
...uncertain paper ; Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour, For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill,...taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. CCXIX. What are the hopes of man ! old Egypt's King Cheops erected... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 324 pągines
...like all hills, is lost in vapour; For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And hards hurn wh'at they call their "midnight taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse hast. CCXIX. What are the hopes of man? old Egypt's King Cheops erected... | |
| Louise Swanton-Belloc - 1824 - 400 pągines
...fouillant dans la Somc liken it to climbing up a lui! . Whose summit , like ail hills , is lost in vapour; For this men write, speak , preach , and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call thcir « midnight taper, » To have , when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pągines
...uncertain paper; Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour : For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill,...taper,» To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust. CCXIX. W hat are the hopes of man ? old Egypt's king Cheops erected... | |
| John Bull - 1825 - 782 pągines
...uncertain paper : Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour , For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill....'taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse burt. What arc the hopes of man ? old Egypt's King Cheops erected the... | |
| Charles Caleb Colton - 1826 - 288 pągines
...paper : Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, are lost in vapour ; J'vr this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And...taper,' To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust." The reflections contained in this stanza are as pure as they are... | |
| Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1826 - 550 pągines
...others for which I had formerly been an importunate suppliant myself. A portion of that fame For which men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill. And bards burn what they call their ' midnight taper, was now, as the Editor of a Magazine, in some respects, at my disposal, I could dole out my periodical... | |
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