 And though it sometimes seem of its own might Like to an eye of gold to be fix'd there, And firm to hover in that empty height, That only is because it is so light — But in that pomp it doth not long appear ; For when 'tis most admired, in a thought,...  Records of a Quiet Life - Página 30por Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1873 - 373 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Drummond, Peter Cunningham - 1833 - 358 páginas
...she, for whom those once to me were dear, Can have no part of them now with me here? MADRIGAL LXX1I. THIS life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown...the air, By sporting children's breath, Who chase it every where, And strive who can most motion it bequeath. And though it sometimes seem of its own might... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - 1836 - 436 páginas
...blind, And doom before thy royal seat receive, They may a Saviour, not a judge, thee find. MADRIGAL. THIS life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown...everywhere, And strive who can most motion it bequeath. And though it sometimes seem of its own might Like to an eye of gold to be fix'd there, And firm to... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 442 páginas
...blind, And doom before thy royal seat receive, They may a Saviour, not a judge, thee find. MADRIGAL. THIS life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown...everywhere, And strive who can most motion it bequeath. And though it sometimes seem of its own might Like to an eye of gold to be fix'd there, And firm to... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 páginas
...clothes a raven : Each sin some colour has it to adorn ; Hypocrisy, Almighty God doth scorn. MADRIGAL. THIS life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown up in the air By spotting children's breath, Who chase it every where, And strive who can most motion it bequeath. And... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 páginas
...feathers clothes a raven : Each sin some color has it to adorn ; MADRIGAL. THIS life, which seems so far, Is like a bubble blown up in the air By sporting children's...everywhere, And strive who can most motion it bequeath. And though it sometimes seems of its own might, Like to an eye of gold to be fixed there, And firm... | |
 | William Drummond - 1856 - 386 páginas
....tombs with laurels flourish green, Thine shall with myrtles and these flow'rs be seen. MADRIGAL. JL HIS life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown...everywhere, And strive who can most motion it bequeath : And though it sometime seem of its own might. Like to an eye of gold, to be fix'd there, And firm... | |
 | William Drummond - 1856 - 406 páginas
...tombs with laurels flourish green, Thine shall with myrtles and these flow'rs be seen. MADRIGAL. L HIS life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown...everywhere, And strive who can most motion it bequeath : And though it sometime seem of its own might. Like to an eye of gold, to be fix'd there, And firm... | |
 | william b. turnbull - 1856 - 402 páginas
...with laurels flourish green, Thine shall with myrtles and these flow'rs be seen. MADR io A L. JL His life, which seems so fair, .Is like a bubble blown...everywhere, And strive who can most motion it bequeath : And though it sometime seem of its own might, Like to an eye of gold, to be fix'd there, And firm... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1861 - 604 páginas
...Wyat ; and here also the poet's original compositions best display his natural force. ' Madrigal. ' This Life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown...everywhere, And strive who can most motion it bequeath. And though it sometimes seem of its own might Like to an eye of gold to be fix'd there, And firm to... | |
 | 1861 - 600 páginas
...Wyat ; and here also the poet's original compositions best display his natural force. ' Madrigal. ' This Life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown...everywhere, And strive who can most motion it bequeath. And though it sometimes seem of its own might Like to an eye of gold to be fix'd there, And firm to... | |
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