 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 612 pages
...from the abyss abhorr'd Of blank oblivion seem a glorious prize, And even to a elown. Cowper's Task. Dream after dream ensues, And still they dream that they shall still sueeeed, And ttill are disappointed. Cawper's Task. On the summit see, The seals of offiee glitter... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 464 pages
...RKPUTED WISE. I see that all are wanderers, gone astray Each in his own delusions ; they are lost 125 In chase of fancied happiness, still woo'd And never...they shall still succeed, And still are disappointed. Rings the world With the vain stir. I sum up half mankind 130 And add two thirds of .the remaining... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1856 - 430 pages
...; gone astray, Each in his own delusions; they are lost In chase of fancied happiness, still wooed, And never won. Dream after dream ensues ; And still...they shall still succeed, And still are disappointed. Rings the world With the vain stir. I sum up half mankind And add two thirds of the remaining half,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...their worth, But sometimes fail, and in their stead Fortune and cowardice succeed. BUTLER : lludibras. Dream after dream ensues, And still they dream that...they shall still succeed, And still are disappointed. COWPER: Task. Wisdom he has, and to his wisdom courage ; Temper to that, and unto all success. SIR... | |
 | William Cowper - 1879 - 688 pages
...wanderers, gone astray, Each in his own delusions ; they are lost In chase of fancied happiness, still wooed And never won. Dream after dream ensues, And still...they shall still succeed, And still are disappointed ; rings the world With the vain stir. I sum up half mankind, And add two-thirds of the remainder half,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 642 pages
...wanderers, gone astray Each in his own delusions ; they are lost In chase of fancied happiness, still wooed And never won. Dream after dream ensues, And still...they shall still succeed, And still are disappointed. Rings the world With the vain stir. I sum up half mankind, And add two-thirds of the remaining half,... | |
 | Elizabeth Spooner - Devotional calendars - 1880 - 340 pages
...wanderers, gone astray Each in his own delusions ; they are lost In chase of fancied happiness, still wooed And never won. Dream after dream ensues, And still...they shall still succeed, And still are disappointed. Rings the world With the vain stir : I sum up half mankind, And add two-thirds of the remaining half,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 636 pages
...wanderers, gone astray Each in his own delusions ; they are lost In chase of fancied happiness, still wooed And never won. Dream after dream ensues, And still...they shall still succeed, And still are disappointed. Rings the world With the vain stir. I sum up half mankind, And add two-thirds of the remaining half,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1881 - 562 pages
...and others of a life to come. I see that all are wanderers, gone astray Eeach in his own delusions ; they are lost In chase of fancied happiness, still...they dream that they shall still succeed ; And still arc disappointed. Rings the world With the vain stir. I sum up half mankind. And add two-thirds of... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1881 - 632 pages
...wanderers, gone astray Each in his own delusions ; they are lost In chase of fancied happiness, still wooed And never won. Dream after dream ensues, And still...they shall still succeed, And still are disappointed. Rings the world With the vain stir. I sum up 'half mankind, And add two-thirds of the remaining half,... | |
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And never won. Dream after dream ensues ; And still they dream, that they shall still succeed ; And still are disappointed. 
