 MORTALITY, behold and fear What a change of flesh is here! Think how many royal bones Sleep within this heap of stones ; Here they lie, had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands, Where from their pulpits seal'd with dust They preach,...  Beaumont and Fletcher: Or, The Finest Scenes, Lyrics, and Other Beauties of ... - Page 357by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Leigh Hunt - 1855 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1806 - 274 pages
...two shillings from a miser's purse! ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER.' Mortality, behold, and fear ! What change of flesh is here ! Think how many royal bones...Sleep within this heap of stones ; .Here they lie who 'd realms and lands, But now want strength to stir their hands; Where, from their pulpits seal'd... | |
 | Panorama - 1809 - 368 pages
...strike dead, if reveal'd in the light. ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER. MORTALITY, behold, and fear! What change of flesh is here ! Think how many royal bones Sleep within this heap of stones; 89 Here they lie who'd realms and lands, But now want strength to stir their hands , Where, from their... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...style was to poetry, and how well it weaves in with it. " Mortality, behold, and fear, What a charge of flesh is here ! ' Think how many royal bones Sleep...Here they lie, had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands. Where from their pulpits seal'd in dust, They preach ' In greatness is... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 pages
...style was to poetry, and how well it weaves in with it. " Mortality, behold, and fear, What a charge of flesh is here ! Think how many royal bones Sleep...Here they lie, had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands. Where from their pulpits seal'd in dust, They preach ' In greatness is... | |
 | 1826 - 310 pages
...still, Save me from slavish vice, from folly, and from ill. 3.W. ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER-ABBEY, MORTALITY, behold, and fear, What a change of flesh...is here ! Think how many royal bones Sleep within these heap of stones ; Here they lie, Lad realms, and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hand»... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 442 pages
...his own star, and that soul that can Be honest, is the only perfect man. ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER. MORTALITY, behold — and fear — What a change of...is here ! Think how many royal bones Sleep within these heap of stones: Here they lie, had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - 1836 - 436 pages
...his own star, and that soul that can Be honest, is the only perfect man. ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER. MORTALITY, behold — and fear — What a change of...is here ! Think how many royal bones Sleep within these heap of stones: Here they lie, had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands... | |
 | Sacred cabinet - 1841 - 222 pages
...and imitate such lays, And in melodious unison, sing all-victorious grace. fii SMegtmmsfcr. BEAUMONT. MORTALITY, behold — and fear — What a change of...is here ! Think how many royal bones Sleep within these heap of stones : Here they lie, had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1846 - 556 pages
...on now, I know what it is. k thy] Old eds. " tlieir " ; and so Weber. ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER. MORTALITY, behold, and fear ! What a change of flesh is here ! Think haw many royal bones Sleep within this" heap of stones : Here they lie had realms and lands, Who now... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 490 pages
...style was to poetry, and how well it weaves in with it. " Mortality, behold, and fear, What a charge of flesh is here! Think how many royal bones Sleep...Here they lie, had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands. Where from their pulpits, sealed in dust, They preach ' In greatness... | |
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