| 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 436
...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... | |
| 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 404
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 644
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 850
...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,...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 dies ; The... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 712
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 216
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 206
...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... | |
| 1744 - عدد الصفحات: 726
...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... | |
| 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 272
...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... | |
| Alexander Melville Bell - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 356
...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...which - on water - stood : Even such - is man - whose borrowed light Is - straight - called in - and - paid - to night ; — The wind - blows out, - the... | |
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