 | Henry Kirke White - Poets, English - 1808 - 698 pages
...me from the world ; To turn my eye From vanity, And point to scenes of bliss that never, never die, What is this passing scene? A peevish April day !...little rain, And then night sweeps along the plain, And all things fade away. Man (soon discuss'd) Yields up his trust. And all bit hopes and fears lie... | |
 | James Plumptre - Songs, English - 1811 - 486 pages
...me from the world ; To turn my eye From vanity, And point to scenes of bliss that never, never die. What is this passing scene ? A peevish April day !...little rain, And then night sweeps along the plain, And all things fade away. Man (soon discuss'd) Yields up his trust, And all his hopes and fears lie... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 404 pages
...me from the world : To turn my eye From vanity, And point to scenes of bliss that never, never die. What is this passing scene ? A peevish April day ! A little sun — ;i little rain, And then night sweeps along the plain, And all things fade away. Man (soon discuss'd)... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - Hymns - 1812 - 980 pages
...HYMN DCCCLIX. Human Frailty. H. Ki WHITE. 1 \TTHAT is this passing scene ? ** A peevish April-day? A little sun — a little rain — And then night sweeps along the plain, And all things fade away : Man (soon discuss'd) Yields up his trust, And all his hopes and fears lie... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - Poets, English - 1813 - 730 pages
...me from the world : To turn my eye From vanity, And point to scenes of bliss that never, never die. What is this passing scene ? A peevish April day !...little rain, • And then night sweeps along the plain, And all things fade away. Man (soon discuss'd) Yields up his trust, And all his hopes and fears lie... | |
 | 1856 - 766 pages
...root the worm is already gnawing — a palace, whose quicksand basis the flood is already sapping. " What is this passing scene ? A peevish April day !...little rain, And then night sweeps along the plain, And all things fade away. ' So be it. But if so, how should it endear that state where all is perfection,... | |
 | Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1816 - 398 pages
...me from the world : To turn my eye From vanity, And point to scenes of bliss that never, never die. What is this passing scene ? A peevish April day !...little rain, And then night sweeps along the plain, And all things fade away. Man (soon discuss'd) Yields up his trust, And all his hopes and fears lie... | |
 | England - 1877 - 798 pages
...Finch Hall. She could not answer, thinking of Blundellsaye. GOURLOCH. CHAPTER XXXVL — CONCLUSION. - What is this passing scene ? A peevish April day ;...sun, a little rain— And then night sweeps along the plutn, And all things rade away ! " — H. KIRKE WHITE. Gourloch lying in the glorious sunshine ! Waves... | |
 | 1823 - 626 pages
...wings his soul, And points her to the skies." ' This life has been aptly compared in the following lines: — " What is this passing scene? A peevish...little rain, And then night sweeps along the plain, And all things fade away." If terrestrial happiness can any where be enjoyed, it certainly is in those... | |
 | 1825 - 556 pages
...ciapham, Sumy, Sept. 22, 1825. THE PRESENT WORLD. WHAT is this passing scene? A peevish April-day ? A little sun — a little rain — And then night sweeps along the plain, And all things fade away : Man (soon discuss'd) Yields up his trust ; And all his hopes and fears lie... | |
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What is this passing scene? A peevish April day! A little sun — a little rain, And then night sweeps along the plain. And all things fade away. 
