 | John Aikin - 1821 - Страниц: 346
...a name, The chisel's slender help to fame, (Which ere our set of friends decay Their frequent steps may wear away) A middle race of mortals own, Men, half ambitious, all unknown. The marble tombs that rise on high, Whose dead in vaulted arches lie, Whose pillars swell with sculptur'd stones, Arms, angels,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Страниц: 272
...name, The chissel's slender help to fame, (Which ere our set of friends decay Their frequent steps may wear away;) A middle race of mortals own, Men half ambitious, all unknown. MS MKSTCU- , To' B*Go*.»»w«< l * e ""™ 1 ~:i t ,g«»'' — '-e*^' t***L T.awi**,-* 1 *****"*,"a»(A*i... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - Страниц: 460
...name. The chisel's slender help to fame, (Which, ere our set of friends decay, Their frequent steps may wear away ;) A middle race of mortals own, Men,...half ambitious, all unknown. The marble tombs that rise on high, Whose dead in vaulted arches lie, Whose pillars swell with sculptured stones, Arms, angels,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - Страниц: 310
...name, The chisel's slender help to fame ; (Which, ere our set of friends decay, Their frequent steps may wear away;) A middle race of mortals own, Men,...half ambitious, all unknown. The marble tombs that rise on high, Whose dead in vaulted arches lie, Whose pillars swell with sculptur'd atones, Arms, angels,... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - Страниц: 596
...name, The chisel's slender help to fame, (Which ere our set of friends decay, Their frequent steps may wear away ;) A middle race of mortals own, Men,...half ambitious, all unknown. The marble tombs that rise on high, Whose dead in vaulted arches lie, Whose pillars swell with sculptur'd stones, Arms, angels,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - Страниц: 844
...nara The chisel's .slender help to fame — Which, ere our set of friends decay, Their frequent steps may wear away— A middle race of mortals own, Men...half ambitious, all unknown. The marble tombs that rise on high, Whose dead in vaulted arches lie, Whose pillara swell with sculpture atom s, Arms, angels,... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - 1833 - Страниц: 318
...a name, The chisel's slender help to fame, (Which ere our set of friends decay Their frequent steps may wear away,) A middle race of mortals own, Men,...half ambitious, all unknown. The marble tombs that rise on high, Whose dead in vaulted arches lie, Whose pillars swell with sculptur'd stones, Arms, angels,... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - Страниц: 372
...name, The chisel's slender help to fame (Which, ere our set of friends decay, Their frequent steps may wear away), A middle race of mortals own, Men,...half ambitious, all unknown. The marble tombs that rise on high, Whose dead in vaulted arches lie, Whose pillars swell with sculptured stones, Arms, angels,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - Страниц: 844
...name, The chisel's slender help to fame, (Which ere our set of friends decay, Their frequent steps may wear away,) A middle race of mortals own, Men,...half ambitious, all unknown. The marble tombs that rise on high, Whose dead in vaulted arches lie, Whose pillars swell with sculptured stones, Arms, angels,... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - Страниц: 624
...a name. The chisel's slender help to fame, (Which ere our set of friends decay Their frequent steps may wear away), A Middle 'Race of mortals own, Men,...half ambitious, all unknown. The marble tombs that rise on high, Whose dead in vaulted arches lie, Whose pillars swell with sculptured stones, Urns, angels,... | |
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Arms, angels, epitaphs, and bones, These (all the poor remains of state), Adorn the rich, or praise the great; Who while on earth in fame they live, Are senseless of the fame they give. 
