Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those... The Iliad of Homer - Página 113por Homer - 1878 - 459 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1733 - 750 páginas
...following beautiful Comparifon, preaches the fame Doclrine. . , , ve. on trees' th'e««of »tfrisfcund, green in youth, now withering on the ground : Another race- the following fpring fupplia, TheV fall I'uccelTive, and liioceflive rile: fio^^n.. in their courfe decay, So Hourifii... | |
| John Ogilvie - 1769 - 618 páginas
...O«j B-jg/ ^u^Awji ytvetij roai ft xow etyfguv, &c. td* Like leaves on trees the raee of men is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground. Another race the following fpring fupplies, They fall fucceflive, and fuccefllve rife ; So generations in their courfe decay.... | |
| John Ogilvie - 1769 - 342 páginas
...for their antiquity : ay f' guv, &c. J^. £. ' Like Like leaves on trees the race of men is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground. Another race the following fpring fupplies, They fall fucceffive, and fucceffive rife>; So generations in their courfe decay.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 396 páginas
...fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon enquire ? 180 Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following fpring fi:pplies ; They fall fucceffive, and fucceffive rife : So generations in their courfe decay... | |
| George Colman - 1787 - 386 páginas
...the annual " fucceffion of leaves. t/AAam yntijt " Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, " Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; •' Another race the following fpring fupplies, "' " They fall fucceffive, and fucceffive rife : " So generations in their tums decay;... | |
| 1788 - 404 páginas
...leaves, an apt comparifon for the fugitive races of men. Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground. Another race the following fpring fupplies, They fall fuccefiii'c, and fucccflive rife ; So generations in their courfe decay,... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1104 páginas
...fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon inquire ? Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following fpring fupplies ; They fall fucceflive and fuccefiive rife : So generations in their courfe decay ;... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 496 páginas
...fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon enquire ? i So Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following fpring fiipplies j They fall fucceffive, and fucceflive rife: So generations in their courfe decay;... | |
| 1800 - 704 páginas
...180—186. Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground j Another race the following spring supplies, They fall...successive rise; So generations in their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away. II. XIV. T. 243— 248. She said. With awe divine, the... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 496 páginas
...fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon enquire? 180 Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following fpring fupplies j They fall fucceflive, and fucceflive rife : So generations in their courfe decay... | |
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