 The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.  Supplement to the Connecticut Courant: Containing Tales, Travels, History ... - Page 274de Connecticut Courant - 1835Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Bew - 1820 - 660 pages
...very distant, when this renowned villa, like the , mur magnificent house at Canons, will pass away ; And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind. " The villa at Strawberry Hill," says Mr. Brewer, Middlesex, p. 408,) " is situated on a gentle but... | |
 | James Watson - 1820 - 160 pages
...!" And, here, they parted ; alas ! to meet no more, in this world of transitory Joys, — which, " Like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind!" THE celebrated JOSSE B******, of eccentric and mar'vellous humour — (who possesses a fund of patience... | |
 | William Graham - 1821 - 338 pages
...cloud capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, and all which it inherits, shall dissolve, And .like the baseless fabric of a vision Leave not a wreck behind. JAMES THOMSON, JEtatis 48, obit 27, August, 1748. Tutor'd by thee, sweet poetry, exalts her voice to... | |
 | Collection - 1821 - 336 pages
...capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, and all yvhich it inherits, shall dissolve, And like the baseless fabric of a vision Leave not a wreck behind. JAMES THOMSON, JEtatis 48, obit 27, August, 1748. Tutor'd by thee, sweet poetry, exalts her voice to... | |
 | 1821 - 780 pages
...towers, the .-orgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself. Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve ; And like the baseless fabric, of a vision Leave not a wreck behind!" " O death ! it is thine to tread out empires, and to quench the stars!'' While thus tossed on the expansive... | |
 | John Newton - 1821 - 710 pages
...coming, when all honours and possessions, but this which cometh of God only, will be eclipsed and vanish; and, like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind. How miserable will they then be who must leave their all! What a mortifying thought does Horace put... | |
 | W. JILLARD HORT - 1822 - 156 pages
...? The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; Yea all which it inherits shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind. TO THE KISIXG SUN. From the red wave rising bright, &c. Harmonious or discordant ? Though an honourable... | |
 | 1822 - 382 pages
...cloud capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, and all which it inherits, shall dissolve, And like the baseless fabric of a vision Leave not a wreck behind. JAMES THOMSON, JEtatis 48, obit 27, Augutt, 1748. A Harvard College Library THE BEQUEST OF MRS. MARY... | |
 | Samuel Whelpley - 1822 - 578 pages
...towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the ftreatplobe itself; Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind." And alas ! the ravages of time, though rapid ^ resistless, are too slow to satisfy the furious rage... | |
 | 1822 - 430 pages
...must consider as plain intimation?, that the house itself, in a certain number of years, will fall, ' and like the baseless fabric of a vision , leave not a wreck b«hiud.' THE NIC-NAC, .Recollect you are only a tenant at ill, and may be turned out, with or without... | |
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