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" Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. "
Letters written during a tour through South Wales - Page 228
by John Evans - 1804 - 80 pages
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 94-95

John Bell - 1799 - 436 pages
...in ruins, muss, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet Time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, t$ Has seen this broken pile complete, 1 Big with the vanity of state : r But transient is the smile...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

1800 - 322 pages
...Conceal'd in ruins, moss, and weeds; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state; But transient is the smile of fate! A little rule, a little...
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The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations ..., Volume 25

John Britton - 1815 - 1086 pages
...Concealed in ruins, moss, and weeds ; While ever and anon there fall Huge heaps of hoary mouldered wall. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state ; — But transient is the smile of fate." 1 See also the pedigree...
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Letters Written During a Tour Through North Wales, in the Year 1798, and at ...

John Evans - 1804 - 440 pages
...in ruin, moss, and weeds; \.\ While ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary mouldered walls. Yet Time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state ; But transieht is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...weeds; \ While , ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd wall*. Yet time has been that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow , Has seen this broken pile complete ) Big with the vanity of state ; > But transient is the smile of fate ; J A little rule ,,a...
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The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the ...

Robert Forsyth - 1805 - 584 pages
...monuments of the devastations produced by time. We are reminded of the word of the poet, Time hat wen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow ; Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanities of state. A little rule, a little way, A sun-beam in a winter's day,...
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The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry

1806 - 330 pages
...in ruins, moss, and weeds; J While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, •) Big with the vanity of state ; , But transient is the smile of fate ! ) A little rule,...
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A Tour Through England: Described in a Series of Letters, from a Young ...

1806 - 234 pages
...weeds; f While ever and anon there falls, f Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet time has been that lifts the low. And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete. Big with the vanity of stile. - ' After traversing the ruins of Caerphilly till we were fatigued,...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...and weeds : While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet time has been, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with'the vanity of state; But transient is the smile of fate! A little rule, a little...
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The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the ...

Robert Forsyth - 1806 - 604 pages
...awful monuments of the devastations produced by time. We are reminded of the word of the poet, Time hat seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow ; Has seen thrs broken pile complete, Big with the vanities of stste. A little rule, a little nvay, A sun-beam...
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