 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - 1857 - 820 pages
...tenure of wealthy avarice ends at last, and the great law of equilibrium again asserts its sway. " Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a...to keep and spare ; The next a fountain, spouting thro' nis heir." It is because Mr. Peabody is of another stamp — it is because his whole course and... | |
 | 1857 - 802 pages
...great law of equilibrium again asserts its sway. " Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sues but a backward steward for the poor ; This year a...to keep and spare ; The next a fountain, spouting thro' his heir." It ie because Mr. Peabody is of another stamp — it is because his whole course and... | |
 | 1857 - 798 pages
...tenure of wealthy avarice ends at hist, and the great law of equilibrium again asserts its sway. " Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward tor the poor ; This year a reservoir, to keep and spare ; The next a fountain, spouting thro' his heir."... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1858 - 236 pages
...and sharpened by skill, present such glittering points in his verse. The ingenious designation of one year — a reservoir to keep and spare : The next a fountain spouting through his heir, has been traced to the Church History of Fuller. The same witty and eloquent writer asks, with reference... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 pages
...Builds life on death, on change duration founds, And gives th' eternal wheels to know their rounds. Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a...heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him till they burst. Old Cotta sham'd his fortune and his birth, Yet was... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 504 pages
...lie, Wait but for wings, and in their season fly. Who sces pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sces o, kcep and spare : The next, a fountain, spouting through his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - 1860 - 136 pages
...Riches, like insects, when concealed they lie, 35 Wait but for wings, and in their season fly. Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a...backward steward for the poor; This year a reservoir 5 to keep-and spare, The next a fountain, 5 spouting through his heir, 40 In lavish streams to quench... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 pages
...Riches, like insects, when conceal'd they lie, Wait but for wings, and in their season fly. 170 Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a...backward steward for the poor; This year a reservoir 10 keep and spare, The next a fountain, spouting through his heir In lavish streams to quench a country's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 pages
...rounds. The next, a fountain, spouting through his hair, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him till they burst. Old Cotta shamed his fortune and his birth, Yet was not Cotta void of wit or worth : What though (the use of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 334 pages
...insects, when conceal'd they lie, Wait but for wings, and in their season fly. 124 • THE rousts Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a...heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him till they burst. Old Cotta sham'd his fortune and his birth, Yet was... | |
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Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor; This year a reservoir, to keep and spare : The next, a fountain, spouting through his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink... 
