 | Robert Gibbes Barnwell - American literature - 1851 - 412 pages
...it," he said, " I knew it, I knew The words of these devils were devilish true ; ' This world is but a fleeting show For man's illusion given, The smiles...the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, And all looks blue, by Heaven ! ' I'll take their advice, And pistol or dagger me ; As to means I'm... | |
 | Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...much as I dare ; and I dare a little the more as I grow older. a. MONTAIGNE — Essays. Of Repentance. gh all things differ, all agree. b. POPE— b. MOORS— This World is all a Fleeting Show. Farewell then, verse, and love, and ev'ry toy, The rhymes... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1896 - 794 pages
...sex. OWEN MEREDITH: Lucile. So shall the world go on, To good malignant, to bad men benign. MILTON. This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion...deceitful flow : There's nothing true but Heaven. MOORE. And worldly is that heart, at best, That beats beneath a broider'd veil ; And she who comes... | |
 | 1896 - 484 pages
...brightness that illumined her path such a short time ago. She felt tempted to cry in her anguish : " The world is all a fleeting show For man's illusion given....the tears of woe. Deceitful shine, deceitful flow — \. _; There's nothing true but heaven." About this time a distant cousin whom she had never seen,... | |
 | William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus Matthew Jones - American literature - 1897 - 602 pages
...all, who have risen On Liberty's ruins to fame. -•040*— THIS WORLD IS ALL A FLEETING SHOW. | HIS world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given;...And Love, and Hope, and Beauty's bloom Are blossoms gather'd for the tomb, — There's nothing bright but Heaven ! Poor wanderers of a stormy day, From... | |
 | Thomas Costley - English literature - 1897 - 404 pages
...emotions : — " This world is alia fleeting show, For man's illusion given ; The smile of joy, the tear of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow — There's...and Hope and Beauty's bloom. Are blossoms gathered for the tomb — There's nothing bright but Heaven. Poor wanderers of a stormy day. From wave to wave... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...turn Thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are Thine. THIS WORLD IS ALL A FLEET. ING SHOW. THIS world is all a fleeting show For man's illusion...deceitful flow, — There's nothing true but Heaven ! II. And false the light on glory's plume, As fading hues of even ; And Love, and Hope, and Beauty's... | |
 | Thomas Costley - English literature - 1897 - 378 pages
...every child of Adam, how beautifully the following lines interpret our thoughts and emotions : — " This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given ; The smile of joy, the tear of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow — There's nothing true but heaven.... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1903 - 548 pages
...feel in this cold world should cease, And our hearts, like thy waters, be mingled in peace ! ILLUSION. This world is all a fleeting show For man's illusion...and Hope, and Beauty's bloom, Are blossoms gathered for the tomb — There's nothing bright but heaven I Poor wanderers of a stormy day, RECOLLECTION.... | |
 | Patrick John Kenedy - 1898 - 512 pages
...When the blue waves of Erin hide Mary le More." o THERE'S NOTHING TRUE BUT HEAVEN. BY THOMAS MOOKE. This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion...shine, deceitful flow, There's nothing true but heaven. THEEE'S NOTHING TEUE BUT HE AVEN.— Continued. Poor wand'rers of a stormy day, From wave to wave we're... | |
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This world is all a fleeting show For man's illusion given ; The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, — There's nothing true but Heaven... 
