 | Robert Pollok - 1827 - 534 pages
...Time, tho' meagre all, and ghostly thin, Most unsubstantial, unessential shade, Was earthly Fame. She was a voice alone, And dwelt upon the noisy tongues...least deserved applause : The motive, the result was nought to her : The deed alone, tho' dyed in human gore, And steeped in widow's tears, if it stood... | |
 | 1827 - 304 pages
...time, though meagre all, and ghostly thin, Most unsubstantial, unessential shade, Was earthly Fame. She was a voice alone, And dwelt upon the noisy tongues...least deserved applause : The motive, the result was nought to her : The deed alone, though dyed in human gore, And steeped in widow's tears, if it stood... | |
 | Robert Pollok, William Jenks - Books and reading - 1828 - 282 pages
...Time, though meagre all, and ghostly thin, Most unsubstantial, unessential shade Was earthly Fame. She was a voice alone, And dwelt upon the noisy tongues...deed alone, though dyed in human gore, And steeped in widow's tears, if it stood out To prominent display, she talked of much, And roared around it with... | |
 | Robert Pollok, William Jenks - Books and reading - 1828 - 256 pages
...Time, though meagre all, and ghostly thin, Most unsubstantial, unessential shade Was earthly Fame. She was a voice alone, And dwelt upon the noisy tongues...deed alone, though dyed in human gore, And steeped in widow's tears, if it stood out ^ X BOOK III. 49 To prominent display, she talked of much, And roared... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 286 pages
...time, though meagre all, and ghostly thin, Most unsubstantial, unessential shade, Was earthly Fame. She was a voice alone, And dwelt upon the noisy tongues...least deserved applause : The motive, the result was nought to her : The deed alone, though dyed in human gore, And steeped in widow's tears, if it stood... | |
 | Robert Pollok - 1828 - 408 pages
...Time, though meagre all, and ghostly thin, Most unsubstantial, unessential shade, Was earthly Fame. She was a voice alone, And dwelt upon the noisy tongues...least deserved applause. The motive, the result, was nought to her. The deed alone, though dyed in human gore, And steeped in widow's tears, if it stood... | |
 | Robert Pollok - English poetry - 1828 - 418 pages
...time, though meagre all, and ghostly thin, Moat unsubstantial, unessential shade, Was earthly Fame. She was a voice alone, And dwelt upon the noisy tongues...least deserved applause. The motive, the result, was nought to her. The deed alone, though dyed in human gore, And steeped in widows' tears, if it stood... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 282 pages
...time, though meagre all, and ghostly thin, Most unsubstantial, unessential shade, Was earthly Fame. She was a voice alone, And dwelt upon the noisy tongues of men* She never thaught ; but gabbled ever on ; Applauding most what least deserved applause : The motive, the result... | |
 | Robert Pollok - English poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...but gabbled ever on, Applauding most what least deserved applause. The motive, the result, was nought to her. The deed alone, though dyed in human gore, And steeped in widow's tears, if it stood out To prominent display, she talked of much, And roared around it with... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 292 pages
...time, though meagre all, and ghostly thin, Most unsubstantial, unessential shade, Was earthly Fame. She was a voice alone, And dwelt upon the noisy tongues of men. She uever thought ; but gabbled ever on : Applauding most what least deserved applause : The motive, the... | |
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Of all the phantoms fleeting in the mist Of time, though meagre all, and ghostly thin, Most unsubstantial, unessential shade, Was earthly Fame. She was a voice alone, And dwelt upon the noisy tongues of men. She never thought, but gabbled ever on, Applauding... 
