 | English poetry - 1821 - 270 pages
...trifling and decay ; " And those who prize the paltry things, " More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, " A charm that lulls to sleep ; " A shade that follows wealth or fame, " But leaves the wretch to weep? "And love is still an emptier sound, " The modern fair-one's... | |
 | 1822 - 666 pages
...Such kind of friendship as this, and such sort of friends as these, induced the Poet to sing, " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls...follows wealth and fame ; But leaves the wretch to weep ?" A false friend, like a viper, entwines around you with sparkling eyes, and tempting fascinating... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 290 pages
...Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things More trifling still than they. ' And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ? ' And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Bible - 1822 - 194 pages
...Are trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 428 pages
...trifling, am! decay; And those who |1ri/.e the paltry things, More trifling still than they. ' And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; ' And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's jest ; On earth unseen, or only found... | |
 | Catherine George Ward - English fiction - 1823 - 780 pages
...however gilded and charmed with the insidious art ;>i' flattery, or soft deluding friendship ; — for " What is friendship but a name, — A charm,...wealth and fame, — But leaves the wretch to weep ?" And whether Jessy thought this or no, as the arms of her doting old father were encircled round... | |
 | Proverbs, Spanish - 1823 - 406 pages
...wind." " Donee erisfelix, multas numerabis amicos ; " Tempora si fuerint nubila, solus ens." OYID. " What is friendship but a name, " A charm that lulls...wealth and fame, " .But leaves the wretch to weep ?'' Amigo viejo, tocino y vine añejo. — " A friend, your bacon, and your wine must be old." —... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...trifling, and decay ; And those who prize such paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Conduct of life - 1823 - 286 pages
...downright hatred. There is too much truth, generally speaking, in the following lines of Goldsmith : " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep." When a man is unfortunate, it often happens that some of those... | |
 | Barclay Mounteney - 1824 - 580 pages
...that he only is rich in supporters who never has occasion to put benevolence to the test :— " And what is friendship but a name, — A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth and fame, And leaves the wretch to weep." The trial proceeded ;— -the charges brought against the duke were... | |
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And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep... 
