 A glimpse of thee, till that day come Which shall the earth to cinders doom. And a fierce fever must calcine The body of this world — like thine, My Little World ! That fit of fire Once off, our bodies shall aspire To our souls...  Poems and Psalms - Page 32by Henry King - 1843 - 222 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Anderson - 1792 - 396 pages
...cloud. But woe is me ! the longest date Too narrow is to calculate, These empty hopes : never fhall I Be so much blest, as to descry A glimpse of thee, till that day come Which fhall the earth to cinders doomer And a fierce fever must calcine The body of this world like thine,... | |
 | Henry Headley - 1810 - 238 pages
...putting off thy ashy shroud At length disperse this sorrow's cloud. But woe is me ! the longest date Too narrow is to calculate These empty hopes : never shall I Be so much bless'd as to descry A glimpse of thee, till that day come Which shall the earth to cinders doom, And... | |
 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - 1835 - 402 pages
...putting off thy ashy shroud At length disperse this sorrow's cloud. But, woe is me! the longest date Too narrow is to calculate These empty hopes: never...till that day come Which shall the earth to cinders doom, And a fierce fever must calcine The body of this world like thine, (My little world ! ) That... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 400 pages
...putting off thy ashy shroud At length disperse this sorrow's cloud. But, woe is me! the longest date Too narrow is to calculate These empty hopes : never...till that day come Which shall the earth to cinders doom, And a fierce fever must calcine The body of this world like thine, (My little world !) That fit... | |
 | Richard Mant - 1848 - 252 pages
...apostiophe to the person, whose departure was the occasion of the poem. "Never shall I Be so much blessed as to descry A glimpse of thee, till that day come Which shall the earth to cinders doom, And a fierce fever must calcine The body of this world like thine, (My little world !) that fit... | |
 | Richard Mant - 1853 - 248 pages
...to the person, whose departure was the occasion of the poem. • " Never shall I Be so much blessed as to descry A glimpse of thee, till that day come Which shall the earth to cinders doom, And a fierce fever must calcine The body of this world like thine, (My little world !) that fit... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1861 - 560 pages
...putting off thy ashy shroud, At length disperse this sorrow's cloud. But woe is me ! the longest date Too narrow is to calculate These empty hopes; never...till that day come Which shall the earth to cinders doom, And a fierce fever must calcine The body of this world like thine, (My little world !) that fit... | |
 | John Timbs - 1861 - 314 pages
...whose departure from this life was the occasion of the composition : Never shall I Be so much blessed as to descry A glimpse of thee, till that day come Which shall the earth to cinders doom, And a fierce fever must calcine The body of this world like thine, (My little world !) that fit... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 pages
...that space my mirth adjourn, So thou wouldst promise to return — But woe is me ! the longest date Too narrow is to calculate These empty hopes : never...till that day come "Which shall the earth to cinders doom, And a fierce fever must calcine The body of this world like thine. — Then we shall rise, And... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1863 - 420 pages
...that space my mirth adjourn, So thou wouldst promise to return — But woe is me ! the longest date Too narrow is to calculate These empty hopes : never...till that day come Which shall the earth to cinders doom, And a fierce fever must calcine The body of this world like thine. — Then we shall rise, And... | |
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