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... Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry - Página 22por Henry Headley - 1810Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1828 - 852 páginas
...die for me!" pp. 115, 120. " From Poems, by Francis Beaumont. Gent. 1616. On the Lye of Man. " Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles...hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like a wind which chafes the flood, Or bubbles that on water stood : EV'II such is mart, whose borrow'd light Is... | |
| Extracts - 1828 - 786 páginas
...atom is, or the meanest part of the dust of this vast creation, which God has made. Dr. Walls. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles...spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew; Or liks a wind that chaf-d the flood, Or bubbles that on water stood : E'en such is man, whose borrow'd... | |
| 1828 - 398 páginas
...light ne'er seen before, As fancy never could have drawn, And never can restore ! WOLFK. SIC VITA. LIEE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are ; Or like the tV.--.Ii spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like a wind that chafes the flood,... | |
| 1828 - 852 páginas
...die for me!" pp. 115, 120. " From Poems, by Francis Beaumont, tient. 1615. On the Life of Man. " Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles aie ; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like a wind which chafes... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 352 páginas
...to a man, from whom we think any one single circumstance is to be concealed.—Bruyere. DXCIX. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood: Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night Kv'n such is man, whose borrow'd light The wind blows out,... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 páginas
...a man, from whom we think any one single circumstance is to be concealed. — Bruyere. DXCIX. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight callM in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out,... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 286 páginas
...have a mind free from self-reproach, and I have an honest fame." LESSON SIXTEENTH. So is Life. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles...bubbles which on water stood — Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to-night. The winds blow out, the bubble dies ; The... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 274 páginas
...have a mind free from self-reproach, and I have an honest fame." LESSON SIXTEENTH. So is Life. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles...flood, Or bubbles which on water stood— Even such is mau, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to-night. The winds blow out, the bubble... | |
| Matthew Henry - 1833 - 774 páginas
...taved in c/iildjiearing, if they continue i» faite, and charity, and holinftt, with tobriety. i " bike to the falling of a star Or as the flights of eagles are ; am old, but I never yet saw it in vain to seek God, and /<> hope in him. At another time he thus... | |
| Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - 1835 - 402 páginas
...I am content to live Divided, with but half a heart, Till we shall meet and never part. LIFE. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles...stood — Even such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out ; the bubble dies ; The spring entomb'd in... | |
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