 Like to the falling of a star; Or as the flights of eagles are; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue; Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like a wind that chafes the flood; Or bubbles which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight...  The Second Reader, Or Juvenile Companion - Stran 22avtor: John Lauris Blake - 1833Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1846 - 404 strani
...of venom. — From Essays m Natural .Hi's» tory, by Charles Watertm, Esq. POETRY. THE LIFE OF MAN. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubble which on water stood, E'en such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight cal I'd in and paid... | |
 | 1846 - 644 strani
...while the soul had gone to its everlasting rest. — Todd's Simple Stdcka. LIFE. LIKE to the fulling a which'on water stood — Even such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night.... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 strani
...thou art. -RICHARD CORBET (1582—1635). SIC VITA. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the nights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue,...flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out, the bubble... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 strani
...example others make In love with sorrow for thy take. Sic Vita. Like to the falling of a star, Or ae ectly for the allusion to Shakspeare. ' I am as sorry,'...myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light Ii straight call'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out,... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 strani
...MAN. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flight of eagles are, THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. 57 Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops...morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubble which on water stood, — Even such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight called in and paid... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 206 strani
...MAN. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flight of eagles are, THB VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. 57 Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, • Or silver...morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubble which on water stood, — Even such is man, whose borrow' d light Is straight called in and... | |
 | 1847 - 272 strani
...transitory scenes of one that was precarious, dashed with afflictions, and at best but short and fleeting. " Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh spnng's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew ; Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles... | |
 | 1744 - 726 strani
...the Sights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy line, Or silver drops of morning dew i Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood? .Even such Is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd In, and paid to-:ilght. The wind blows out, the bubble... | |
 | 1854 - 672 strani
...filthiness of the nay, we pause, for we must not by such comparisons further libel the brnte creation. SO IS LIFE. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Ev'n such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in and paid to-night. The wind blows out... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1849 - 356 strani
...Human perceptions - first - open - upon effects, - and thence, - by slow degrees, - ascend - to causes. Like - to the falling - of a star, Or - as - the flights...bubbles - which - on water - stood : Even such - is man - whose borrowed light Is - straight - called in - and - paid - to night ; — The wind - blows... | |
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