 | Shadworth Hollway Hodgson - 1865 - 1018 pages
...newspaper and throws it beneath the fire-grate; " The flame extinct, he views the roving fire, There goes my lady, and there goes the squire ; There goes...spark, And there scarce less illustrious goes the clerk." f'Ut Cowper's lines do' not give a full picture of the paries of the "illustrious sparks;"... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pages
...the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. Ibid There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark ! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk ! On observing some Names of little note. 'T is Providence alone secures In every change both... | |
 | William Cowper - 1866 - 720 pages
...Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire, — There goes my lady, and there goes the squire, There goes...illustrious spark, And there, scarce less illustrious, goea the clerl'. EEPORT OP AN ADJUDGED CASE NOT TO BE FOUND IN AST OF THE BOOKS. BETWEEN Nose and Eyes... | |
 | Frederick Locker- Lampson - 1867 - 380 pages
...Has burn'd to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire — There goes my lady, and there goes the squire ! There goes...spark ! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk ! William Cmvper. cccxn. GOOD-BYE AND HOW-LfYE-DO. ONE day, Good-bye met How-d'ye-do, Too close... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...for Laws ; Effects unhappy ! from a noble cause. Pope, Imit. of nor. 2, I. 155. PABSON see Clergyman. There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark ! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk Cowper, on some names of little note. PABTING— j,5 Adieu, Farewell, Good-night, Love. What... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1867 - 432 pages
...fall, And dark oblivion soon absorbs them all. So when a child, as playful children use, Has burn'd to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire — There goes my lady, and there goes the squire ! There goes the parson, oh, illustrious spark... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 472 pages
...Names of Little Note in the Biogr. Brit, : — "So when a child, as playful children use, Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire, — There goes my lady, and there goes the squire, There goes the parson, O illustrious spark... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 458 pages
...Names of Little Note in the Biogr. Brit. : — "So when a child, as playful children use, Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire, — There goes my lady, and there goes the squire, There goes the parson, O illustrious spark... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 474 pages
...Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire,— There goes my lady, and there goes the squire, There goes the parson, O illustrious spark ! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk ! " 107. In this eagle, the... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. ibid. There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark ! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk ! On observing some Names of little note. 'T is Providence alone secures In every change both... | |
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So when a child, as playful children use, Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire, There goes my lady, and there goes the 'squire ; There goes the parson, oh ! illustrious spark, And there, scarce less... 
