 | Barclay Mounteney - 1824 - 580 pàgines
...: The proud, to gain it, toils on toils endure; The modest shun it but to make it sure. O'er globes and sceptres, now, on thrones it swells; Now trims the midnight lamp, in college cells ; Nor ends with life ; but nods, in sable plumes, Adorns our hearse, and flatters on our tombs*. •... | |
 | Barclay Mounteney - 1824 - 586 pàgines
...their own : The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns, more or less, and glows, in cv'ry heart : The proud, to gain it, toils on toils endure; The modest shun it but to make it sure. O'er globes and sceptres, now, on thrones it swells; Now trims the midnight lamp,... | |
 | Charles Swan - 1826 - 394 pàgines
...the following lines : " The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Glows more or less, and reigns in every heart. The proud to gain it, toils on toils endure, The modest shun it, but to make it sure. It aids the dancer's skill — the writer's head, And heaps the plain with mountains... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 pàgines
...the welfare of the whole. — Cumberland. DXV. The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art, Reigns more, or less, and glows in every heart : The proud...gain it toils on toils endure, The modest shun it, but to make it sure, O'er globes, and sceptres, now, on tlirones it swells. Now trims the midnight... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pàgines
...but he should have a generous feeling for the welfare of the whole. — Cumberland. DXV. O'er globes, and sceptres, now, on thrones it swells, Now trims the midnight lamp in college cells. 'Tis tory, whig; it plots, prays, preaches, pleads. Harangues in senates, speaks in masquerades. It aids... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 878 pàgines
...views the main that ever toils below. Thomum. The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in every heart ; The proud to gain it toils and toils endure. The modest shun it, but to make it sure. Young. TOI'LET, nj Fr. toilette. A dressingtable.... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pàgines
...Love of Praise. The love-of pifaise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart : The proud to gain it, toils on toils endure, The modest shun it— but to make it sure. Beauty of Expression. Thy words had such a melting flow, And spoke of truth so... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 596 pàgines
...gratification of his active being. Of the approbation of our fellow-creatures, it may with truth be said : • The proud, to gain it, toils on toils endure, The modest shun it, but to make it sure.' We have almost as few hermits in opinion and feeling, as we have in personal... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1835 - 314 pàgines
...'. . The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart: 1 The proud to gain it, toils on toils endure, : ' The modest shun it — but to make it sure. t Beauty of Expression. Thy words had such a melting flow, .;. And spoke of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pàgines
...Ah spare your idol ! think him human still ; 21 The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns more or less, and glows, in every heart ; The proud...gain it, toils on toils endure, The modest shun it but to make it sure. Young. Satire i. 22 Another lean unwashed artificer. K'ltt§ John. Charms he may... | |
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The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art, Reigns, more or less, and glows in every heart ; The proud to gain it, toils on toils endure ; The modest shun it, but to make it sure. 
