| Europe - 1810 - 560 pages
...remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks, Which dazzle as they pass ! Oh ! who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings,...When Birds of Paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings ! EPITAPH ON THE YEAR 1806 — HON. RW SPENCER. 'Tis gone, with its thorns and its roses,... | |
| 1810 - 558 pages
...remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks, Which dazzle as they pass ! Oh ! who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings,...When Birds of Paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings ! EPITAPH ON THE YEAR 1806.— HON. RW SPENCER. 'Tis gone, with its thorns and its roses,... | |
| William Robert Spencer - English poetry - 1811 - 262 pages
...remarks Thv cbbiu£ of his glass, Wtuni all its sands are di'mond sparks, dassle as they pass? 166 Ah ! who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings,...When birds of Paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings? 167 THANKS TO A LADY FOR HER VERSES WITH A WATER LILY, ON THE AUTHOR'S BIRTHDAY. MY stream... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1812 - 572 pages
...remarks The ebbing of his glass, When all its sands are di'mond sparks, That dazzle as they pass ? ' Ah ! who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings,...When birds of Paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings ?' The far greater part of the volume, however, contains pieces which can be little gratifying... | |
| American periodicals - 1812 - 594 pages
...remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks Which dazzle as they pass ? Ah ! who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings, When birds of Paradise have lent Their plumage to his wings. Remarkable Occurrence. " Gennadius, a physician, a man of eminence in pifttv and charity,... | |
| 1813 - 458 pages
...remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks, Which dazzle as they pass ! Oh ! who to sober measurement, Time's happy swiftness brings,...When birds of paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings ! SONG. [FROM THE GERMAN or LESSJNG.} I asked my fair, one happy day What I should call her... | |
| United States - 1814 - 258 pages
...remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks, Which dazzle as they pass ! Oh ! who to sober measurement. Time's happy swiftness brings,...When birds of -paradise have lent Their plumage for his Wings ! BW CONSCIOUS GUILT. " Bur tell me ; why must those bethought to 'scape Whom Guilt, array'd... | |
| John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...The ebbing of his glass, When all its sands are di'mond spark -4, Th xt dazzle a* they past ? Ah ! who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings,...When birds of Paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings ? All in their stations move, And each performs his part, In all the cares of life and love,... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 406 pages
...remarks The ebbing of his glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks, That dazzle as they pass? Ah ! who- to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings,...When birds of Paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings? HON. WR SPENCER. 3 it HOW-D'Y'-DO AND GOOD-BYE. ONE day Good-bye met How-d'y'-do, Too close... | |
| Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks. Which dazzle as they pass? Oh ! who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings, When birds of Paradise have lent Their plumage to his wings 1 ifter MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1832. THE SAFETY OF IMMEDIATE EMANCIPATION. THE present position... | |
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