 | Christian biography - 1826 - 440 pages
...interest. This indeed governs tie world in their associations : — " And what is friendship but a namo, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep." But he sought not high connections — exalted friendships — or splendid... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 520 pages
...to distress. They are the blossoms of the sunshine, but wither in the adverse blast. For, " What is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep...follows wealth or fame. And leaves the wretch to weep ?" But let all this pass for nothing. Let it be granted that the world has been regenerated ; that... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 536 pages
...distress. They are the blossoms of the sunshine, hut wither in the adverse blast. For, . '• What is friendship but a name. A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade, that follows wealth or fameAnd leaves the wretch to weep ?" But let all this pass for nothing. Let it be granted that the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1827 - 270 pages
...decay ; ' And those who prize the paltry things, ' More trifling still than they. , -' And what is friendship but a name, ' A charm that lulls to sleep ; ' A shade that fellows wealth or fame, ' But leaves the wretch tu weep ? ' And love is still an emptier sound, ' The... | |
 | John Docwra Parry - Ballads, English - 1829 - 460 pages
...trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep...follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jest ! On earth unseen, or only found... | |
 | History - 1829 - 524 pages
...distress. They are the blossoms of the sunshine, but wither in the adverse blast, For, •*• What is friendship but a name. A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade, that follow? wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ?" But let all this pass for nothing. Let it... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep...that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weepl " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jest : On earth unseen, or only found... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is , t shifts in splendid traffic round the land ; ;'rom courts to camps, to cottages it st But leaves the wretch to weep? "And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jeet; On... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things More trifling still than they. ' And what is e their way 1 He might have lived till folly died in shame, Till kindling wisdom felt a th But leaves the wretch to weep I ' And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's jest ;... | |
 | Henry John Crickitt Blake - 1831 - 166 pages
...trifling and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep;...follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep. GOLDSMITH. THE expectation of the arrival of the holidays creates no little stir in our community.... | |
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And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep... 
