 To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, The revel, the laugh, and the jeer ? Ah ! here is a plentiful board ! But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here.  The African Repository - Page 2541834Full view - About this book
 | 1817 - 506 pages
...— And here in the grave are all metals forbid, But the tinsel that shone on the dark coffin lid. To the pleasures which Mirth can afford — The revel,...here is a plentiful board ! But the guests are all route as their pitiful cheer. And none but the worm is a reveller here ! Shall we build to Affection... | |
 | Nicholas Carlisle - Endowed public schools (Great Britain) - 1818 - 994 pages
...— And here in the grave are all metals forbid, But the tinsel that shone on the dark coffin lid. To the pleasures which mirth can afford — The revel,...pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here ! Shall we build to affection and love ? Ah, no ! they have wither' d and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
 | 1819 - 596 pages
...The treasures are squandered again. And here in the grave are all metals forbid But the tinsel that shone on the dark coffin-lid. 6. To the pleasures...is a reveller here. 7. Shall we build to Affection and Love ? Ah, no ! they have withered and died, Or fled with the spirit above. Friends, brothers,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1819 - 622 pages
...The treasures are squandered again. And here in the grave are all metals forbid But the tinsel that shone on the dark coffin-lid. 6. To the pleasures...is a reveller here. 7. Shall we build to Affection and Love ? Ah, no ! they have withered and died, Or fled with the spirit above. Friends, brothers,... | |
 | Varieties - 1819 - 774 pages
...here, in the grave, are all metals forbid, " But the tinsel that shone on the dark coffin lid. i ' " To the pleasures which Mirth can afford — " The...cheer, " And none but the worm is a reveller here ! " Shall we build to Affection and Love? " Ah no ! they have wither'd and died, " Or fled with the... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1819 - 754 pages
...again ; And here in the grave are all metals forbid But the tinsel that shines on the dark coffin lid. To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, The revel,...pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to Affection and Love ? Ah, no ! they have witherM and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
 | English essays - 1819 - 728 pages
...the grave are all metals forbid But the tinsel lhat shines on the dark coffin lid. To the pleasure* which Mirth can afford, The revel, the laugh, and...pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to Affection and Love ? Ah, no ! they have wither'd and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
 | 1819 - 384 pages
...that shines on the dark coffin-lid. To the pleasures that mirth can afford ? The revel, the langh, and the jeer ? Ah, here is a plentiful board ! But...cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller, here. Shall we build to Affection and Love ? All, no ! they have withered and died, Or fled with the spirit... | |
 | John Evans - Baptists - 1819 - 444 pages
...again, And here in the grave are all metals forbid, But the tinsel that shines on the dark coffin lid. To the pleasures which MIRTH can afford, The revel,...a plentiful board — But the guests are all mute at their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here. Shall we build to AFFECTION and LOVE... | |
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