But transient is the smile of fate:
A little rule, a little sway,
A sunbeam in a winter's day,
Is all the proud and mighty have
Between the cradle and the grave.


Grongar Hill (1726) l. 88

John Dyer Quotes

But transient is the smile of fate: A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle...

But transient is the smile of fate: A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle...

But transient is the smile of fate: A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle...

But transient is the smile of fate: A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle...