 Now sinks at last, or feebly mans the soul; While low delights, succeeding fast behind, In happier meanness occupy the mind : As in those domes, where Caesars once bore sway, Defaced by time and tottering in decay, There in the ruin, heedless of the dead,...  Extracts from a Journal - Página 21por W[illiam] J[ohn Monson] Monson (6th baron), William John Monson (6th Baron Monson.) - 1820 - 254 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Bell - 1789 - 416 páginas
...the mind : As in those domes, where Caesars once bore sway, Defac'd by time and tottering in decay, There in the ruin, heedless of the dead, The shelter-seeking peasant builds his shed, And, wond'ring man could want the larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile. My soul turn... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 páginas
...the mind; As in those domes, where Cesars once bore sway, Defac'd by time, and tott'ring in decay, There in the ruin, heedless of the dead, The shelter-seeking peasant builds his shed; And, wond'ring man could want the larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile. My soul,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 páginas
...the mind : As in those domes, where Caesars once bore sway, Defac'd by time, and tott'ring in decay, There in the ruin, heedless of the dead, The shelter-seeking peasant builds his shed ; And, wond'ring man could want the larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile. My soul,... | |
 | J. T. Barber - 1803 - 436 páginas
...this ruin, which Is very inconsiderable, and chiefly converted into a small farming habitation : " There in the ruin, heedless of the dead, " The shelter-seeking peasant builds his shed; • ," And, wond'ring man could want the larger pile, " Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 páginas
...the mind. As in those domes, where Caesars once bore sway, Defaced by time, and tottering in decay, There, in the ruin, heedless of the dead, The shelter-seeking peasant builds his shed ; And wondering, man could want the larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile. My soul... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 páginas
...the mind : As in those domes, where Caesars once bore sway, Defac'd by time, and tott'ring in decay, There in the ruin, heedless of the dead. The shelter-seeking peasant builds his shed ; And, wond'ring man could want the larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile. My soul... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 páginas
...mind ; As in those domes, wb'ere Caesars once bore sway, Defac'd by time, and tott'riiig in decay, There in the ruin, heedless of the dead, The shelter-seeking peasant builds his shed ; And, wondering man could want the larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile. My soul,... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 páginas
...the mind: As in those domes, where Csesars. once bore sway, Defac'd by time, and tott'ring in decay, There in the ruin, heedless of the dead, The shelter-seeking peasant builds his shed; And, wondering man could want the larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile. My soul turn... | |
 | 1809 - 402 páginas
...the mind: As in those domes where Cicsars once Lore sway, Defdc'il by lime, nnd tott'rine ">' decay, There in the ruin, heedless of the dead, The shelter-seeking peasant builds his shed; And, wondering man conld want the Urgtr pile, Exults, and ewu« his cottage with a smile. My soul,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 páginas
...the mind : As in those domes, where Caesars once bore sway, Defac'd by time, and tott'ring in decay, There in the ruin, heedless of the dead, The shelter.seeking peasant builds his shed ; And, wondering man could want the larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile. My soul,... | |
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