 THE wretch, condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter...  Lives of wits and humourists - Pàgina 275per John Timbs - 1862Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 182 pàgines
...And he who wants each other blessing, In thee must ever find a foe. SONG. THE wretch condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on Hope relies ; And every...expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. THE DOUBLE TRANSFORMATION.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 664 pàgines
...unhappy offsprings of the Muse ushered into existence amid the distortions of music. Most of the Oratorio has passed into oblivion ; but the following song...will never die. " The wretch condemned from life to put, Still, still on hope relies, And ever}' pang that rends the heart Bids expcctat ion riafi. " Hope,... | |
 | 1864 - 606 pàgines
...specimen of an English lyric, very different from either of the former: — "The wretch, condemned with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ! And every pang that rends his heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pàgines
...Paraphrase of a Greek Epigram by Dcmodoeus. J Compare Bacon, Of Adversity. The wretch condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart Bids expectation rise. The Captivity. Act ii. Orig. MS. Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ;... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 748 pàgines
...ask) the turtle's love. OLIVER GOLDSMITH. Born 1728. Died 1774. ON HOPE. The wretch, condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies; And every...pang that rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Cowley, in his verses " For Hope " in " The Mistress," expresses the blessing of hope: Hope! of all... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pàgines
...hope, all pleases, nothing comes amiss. Kogen. 1890. HOPE: unconquerable. THE wretch condemn'd with RE. Christian delight in HE looks abroad into the...perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. — CoUtmitk.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1877 - 526 pàgines
...one, one little hour obey : To-morrow's tears may wash the stain away. AIR. The wretch condemned with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ; And every...expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way j And still, as darker grows the night, SECOND PRIEST. RECITATIVE. Why this... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 586 pàgines
...tears of the Countess Isabelle flowed more placidly while she dwelt upon it. The wretch condemn' d with life to part, Still, still on. hope relies, And every...rends the heart Bids expectation rise. Hope, like tlu glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way; And still the darker grows the night. Emits... | |
 | Matilda Charlotte Houstoun - 1877 - 340 pàgines
...character) expected to " put in an appearance" at. the Castle. CHAPTER LXV. " The wretch condemned with life to part, Still, still on Hope relies ; And every...pang that rends the heart Bids expectation rise." GOLDSMITH. ON the following day the whole party drove, although a drizzling rain was falling, to the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1879 - 430 pàgines
...supposed. CHAPTEE THE THIKTY- SIXTH. THE SALLY. The wretch oondemn'd with life to part, Still still ou hope relies, And every pang that rends the heart Bids...expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still the darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. GOLDSMITH.... | |
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