 | Benjamin Richings - 1840 - 264 oldal
...saints with Christ are blest." 17. Why all this toil, for triumphs of an hour ? — What though men wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest...he lies," And "dust to dust" concludes her noblest songs. 18. " What avail High titles, high descent, attainments high, If unattained our highest" hope,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 oldal
...those notes of approbation so swelled beyond their real bulk, that they will hardly shut. What tlmtich we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ! Earth's highest station ends in Here he lit*! And dust to dust concludes her noblest soof ! " The author of these lines is not without his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 oldal
...come to-morrow * Twice told the period spent on stubborn Troy, Court-favour, yet untaken, I besiege. * son \vitli courtiers bred Who thought e'en gold might come a day too late ; Nor on his subtle death-bed... | |
 | 1841 - 346 oldal
...he reached the summit, he found his grave ! " Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What tho' we wade in wealth or soar in fame, Earth's highest station ends in 'here he lies!' And. ' duat to dust ' concludes her noblest song !" And there, too, bereft of her beauty, lay the once young... | |
 | George Fowler - 1841 - 718 oldal
...of the Universe, &c. &c. &c. What a commentary on all this splendour are the words of our poet:— " Earth's highest station ends in ' Here he lies,' -And ' dust to dust ' concludes her noblest song."' • In the burial of their kings they had formerly a superstitious custom in Persia. In order to prevent... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1849 - 316 oldal
...good, and all the ill refuse. Final End of All. 10. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in — ' Ji'sre he lies' r And « dust to dust' concludes her noJOest song. Joys of Fortune — trifling.... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 oldal
...Unblemish'd probity and truth; Just unto all relations known, A worthy patriot, pious son. WALLER. Earth's highest station ends in " Here he lies," And " Dust to dust " concludes her noblest song. YOUNG: Night Thoughts. EQUANIMITY. With equal mind what happens let us bear: Nor joy nor grieve too... | |
 | Sir Thomas Wyatt - 1879 - 624 oldal
...; Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's...:" And " Dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. io»' If this song lives, posterity shall know One, though in Britain born, with courtiers bred, Who... | |
 | 1879 - 350 oldal
...case. There is a common sorrow in life, and a common destiny in the grave— i " Earth's highest glory ends in ' Here he lies !' And, ' dust to dust,' concludes her noblest song !" The grave is the great rr, eel ing-place for all of human kind. They descend the same avenue of... | |
 | Arthur B. Davison - 1880 - 396 oldal
...unalterable allotment. Johnson, Rambler, No. 78. DEATH. WHY all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ; Earth's...; And ' Dust to dust,' concludes her noblest song. Young, Night Thoughts, IV. DEATH. THOU art gone ! thy genius fled up to the stars, from whence it came... | |
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Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in, " Here he lies :" And " Dust to dust 
