| Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 oldal
...tenderly recalled the memory of poor Robert Levet : — ON THE DEATH OF _DK. ROBERT LEVET. Condemned to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to...blasts, or slow decline, Our social comforts drop away. Well tried through many a varying year, • See Levet to the grave descend, Officious, innocent, sincere,... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 oldal
...»hall he say, In yonder grave your Druid lies! WILLIAM COLLINS. ON THE DEATH OF DR. LEVETT. CONDEMX'D e poor craven bridegroom said never a word), "Oh,...here, or come ye in war, Or to dance at our bridal, yo Well tried through many a varying year, See Levett to the grave descend, Officious, innocent, sincere,... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 oldal
...THE DEATH OF MR. ROBERT LEVETT,1 A PRACTISER IN PHYSIC. Condemned to Hope's delusive mine, As on wo asant morn of the early Fall, When Lee marched over the mountain wallOver the mountains Well tried through many a varying year, See Levett to the grave descend, Officious, innocent, sincere,... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 oldal
...1718. ON THE DEATH OF MR. ROBERT LEVETT,1 A PRACTISER IN PHYSIC. Condemned to Hope's delusivo miné, pair, To dwell a weeping hermit there! WILLIAM COLLINS. ODE TO EVENING. If aught of oaten stop o Well tried through many a varying year, See Le vu 1 1 to the grave descend, Officious, innocent, sincere,... | |
| English lyrics - 1883 - 340 oldal
...well bed, But not in our alley. SAUUEL JOHNSON, CXXlV. ON THE DEATH OF MR. ROBERT LEVETT. /^*ONDEMNED to hope's delusive mine, ^-' As on we toil from day...blasts, or slow decline, Our social comforts drop away. Well tried through many a varying year. See Levett to the grave descend, Officious, innocent, sincere,... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 492 oldal
...tenderly recalled the memory of poor Robert Levet : — ON THE DEATH OF DR. ROBERT LEVET. Condemned to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to...day, By sudden blasts, or slow decline, Our social comfort» drop away. Well tried through many a varying year, See Levet to the grave descend, Officious,... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1883 - 544 oldal
...that it might rather pass for his than for Dr. Johnson's. ON THE DEATH-BED OF ROBERT LKVETT. Condemned to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away. Well tried through many a varying year, See Levett... | |
| 1884 - 330 oldal
...JOHNSON, CXXIV. 1709-1784. ON THE DEATH OF MR. ROBERT LEVETT. CONDEMNED to hope's delusive mine, V»» As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts, or slow decline, Our social comforts drop away. Well tried through many a varying year, See Levett to the grave descend, Off,cious, innocent, sincere,... | |
| James Boswell - 1884 - 626 oldal
...affectionate regard for Levett l that he honoured his memory with the following pathetic verses : " Condemn'd to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blast or slow decline Our social comforts drop away. " Well try'd through many a varying year, See... | |
| Sir Henry Taylor - 1885 - 308 oldal
...years. I could not but think of Johnson's melancholy lament on his old servant and friend: '"Condemned to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day ; By sudden stroke or slow decline Our means of comfort drop away.' I hate this harping on the same string, and... | |
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