...bright : Unaiming charms with edge resistless fall, And she, who meant no mischief, does it all. xcvi. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood ; E'en such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in and paid to-night. The wind blows out,...

...keen, shoots into azure far, And, always dwelling nigh, is the remotest star. LIFE. — Henry King. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or hubbies which on water stood, — Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and...

...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...

...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....

...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,...water stood : Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out, the bubble dies ; The spring entombed...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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 dies; The...

...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...