 The wretch, condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter...  Works - Pagina 191door Washington Irving - 1849Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Caroline Herbert - 1817 - 236 pagina’s
...thread of the narrative. .. CHAP. VIII. ''Hope like the glimmering taper light, Adorns and cheers the way. And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray." , \ ACCORDING to his promise Edmund soon re-visited the parsonage, and introduced his friend d' Alembert,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 192 pagina’s
...rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimm'ring taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. SONG. O MEMORY ! thou fond deceiver, Still importunate and vain, To former joys recurring ever, And... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pagina’s
...tends the heart. Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimm'ring taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way : And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. SONG. Q MEMORY, thon fond deceiver, Still importunate and vain. To former joys, recurring ever, And... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pagina’s
...rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way, And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. SONG. O HEHORT! thou fond deceiver, Still importunate and vain, To former joys recurring ever, And... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 488 pagina’s
...rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimm'ring taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. VOL. II. SONG. O MEMORY ! thou fond deceiver, Still importunate and vain, To former joys recurring... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pagina’s
...rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. SONG II. Intended to have been sung in the Comedy of " She Stoops to Conquer." AH me ! when shall I... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pagina’s
...And every pang that rends the heart Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. SONG. O MEMORY ! thou fond deceiver, Still importunate and vain, To former joys recurring ever, And... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 pagina’s
...rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way, And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. SOJVG. O KBMORY ! thou fond deceiver, Still importunate and vain, To former joys recurring ever, And... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1825 - 414 pagina’s
...bright flame in its green state. " Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Illumes and cheers the way, And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray." Goldsmith. HORROR. CREEPING CEREUS.—CactusJiagelliformis. " O sight Of terror, foul and ugly to behold, Horrid... | |
 | 1825 - 594 pagina’s
...hope can never be wholly extinguished — "But like the distant taper's light, It marks and cheers his way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray." \\"\ti> the man of the world hope is ever fluctuating, sometimes yielded to black despondency, and... | |
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