 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...vengeance due Empire is on us bestowed, Shame and ruin wait for you." THE COMMON LOT. BY JAMES MONTGOMERY. ONCE in the flight of ages past, There lived a man : and who was he 1 Mortal ! howe'er thy lot be cast, That man resembled thee. Unknown the region of his birth, The land... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1857 - 396 pages
...spirits departed in the midst of the swe. national enthusiasm. * * 2. THE COMMON- LOT. — James Sfoatgm Once, in the flight of ages past ' There lived a man : — and who Mortal ! howe'er thy lot be cast That man resembled thee. He * 'OtPfl, on.ce left ixa. * of the. ein... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1859 - 512 pages
...yet clear ; though gentle, yet not dull ; Strong, without rage ; without o'erflowing, full.' Denham. THE COMMON LOT.* ONCE in the flight of ages past There...Unknown the region of his birth, The land in which he lived unknown ; His name hath perished from the earth ; This truth survives alone : — That joy4 and... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1860 - 414 pages
...Sheffield, when the ,lround ,nn covered with snow, the sky serene, and the morning air intensely pure. ONCE, in the flight of ages past, There lived a man...birth, The land in which he died unknown : His name has perish'd from the earth ; This truth survives alone :— 02 That joy and grief, and hope and fear,... | |
 | Charles Richson - 1860 - 216 pages
...that doth meditate good things, in wisdom, - and that reasoneth of holy things, by understanding. 10. Once - in the flight of ages past There lived a man...howe'er thy lot be cast, That man - resembled thee. He suffered, - but his pangs are o'er ; Enjoyed, - but his delights are fled ; Had friends, - his friends... | |
 | S. R. - 1860 - 306 pages
...that chorus, Which is born of the blest, will be brought from afar. THE COMMON EOT. %. ItaignmHij. ONCE in the flight of ages past, There lived a man,...was he ? Mortal ! howe'er thy lot be cast, That man resembleth thee ! Unknown the region of his birth, The land in which he lived unknown ; His name hath... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1860 - 420 pages
...Sheffield, when ti,e gronnd ra covered trith sno>r, the tkg serene, and the morning air intmelg pure. ONCE, in the flight of ages past, There lived a man : — and WHO was HE?Mortal ! howe'er thy lot be cast, That Man resembled Thee. Unknown the region of his birth, The... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1861 - 444 pages
...soul of a slave, No longer seduce your affections to roam From liberty, justice, religion, AT HOME ! " THE COMMON LOT. ONCE, in the flight of ages past,...The land in which he died unknown : His name hath perish'd from the earth ; This truth survives alone : — That joy and grief, and hope and fear, Alternate... | |
 | Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - 1861 - 306 pages
...can be said is included in a verse by one—whose hint his biographer had much better have taken: " Once in the flight of ages past ; There lived a man....howe'er thy lot be cast, -» That man resembled thee." And all that need be told of him, which he has not told of himself by writings or actions, the bard... | |
 | Dinah Maria Craik - 1861 - 386 pages
...be said, is included in a verse by one — whose hint his biographer had much better have taken — Once in the flight of ages past There lived a man....howe'er thy lot be cast. That man resembled thee. And all that need be told of him — which he has not told of himself, by writings or actions — the... | |
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LOT. ONCE, in the flight of ages past, There lived a man:— and WHO was HE ? — Mortal ! howe'er thy lot be cast, That Man resembled Thee. Unknown the region of his birth, The land in which he .died unknown : His name has... 
