 Even such is man; who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life, and death. The grass withers, the tale is ended; The bird is flown, the dew's ascended; The hour is short, the span not long; The swan's near death; man's life is done.  Stone; an Illustrated Magazine - Seite 5371893Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1764 - 636 Seiten
...tale doth end, The bird is fiown, the dews afcend, The hour is fhort, the fpan not long, The fwan's near death, man's life is done. Like to the bubble in the brook, Or in a glafs much like a look, Or like the fliuttle in a weaver's hand, Or like the writing in the fand. Or... | |
 | John Wesley - 1787 - 726 Seiten
...Death ! The Grafs decays, the Tale doth end, The Bird is flown, the Dews afcend, The Hour is fliort, the Span not long; The Swan's near Death ! Man's life is done! Like to a Bubble on a brook, Or (in a mirror) like a look, Or like a Shuttle in the hand, Or like a-Wiiting... | |
 | 366 Seiten
...tale doth end, The bird is flown, the dews afcend, The hour is (hort, the fpan not long. The fwan's near death ; man's life is done. Like to the bubble in the brook, Or in a glafsmuch like a look, Or like the fhuttle in weaver's hand, Or like the writing in the fand. Or like... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 Seiten
...tale doth end, The bird is flown, the dcwn afccnd ; Thf. hour ib fhort, the fpan not long, The iwan 's near death, man's life is done. Like to the bubble in the brook, Or in a glafi much like a lr,ok : Or like tiic fiiuule in the hand, Or like the writing in the fand; Or like... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 382 Seiten
...here, now there, iu life and death. The grass withers, the tale is ended, The bird is flown, the dew's ascended, The hour is short, the span not long, The swan's near death, man's life is done. ROBERT DEVEREUX, EARL OF ESSEX, Born in 1567. The political character of this inconsiderate and presumptuous,... | |
 | 1803 - 490 Seiten
...here, now there, in life and death. The grass withers, the tale is ended, The bird is flown, the dew's ascended, The hour is short, the span not long, The Swan's near death, Man's life is don*.*1 I am, Gentlemen, Yours, 8rc. . Octobers, 1803. A LONDON CURATE. INCONSISTENCY IN MR. LOCKE's... | |
 | 1803 - 250 Seiten
...tale doth end; The bird ii flown ; the dews afcend ; The hour is fhort; the fpan not long ; The fwan's near death ; man's life is done. Like to the bubble in the brook, Or in a glafs much like a look ; Cr like the fhuttle in the hand, Or like the writing ia the Or like a thought,... | |
 | George Ellis - 1803 - 468 Seiten
...now there, in life and death. — The grass withers, the tale is ended, The bird is flown, the dew's ascended, The hour is short, the span not long, The swan's near death, — man'» life is done! ROBERT DEVEREUX, EARL OF ESSEX Was born in 1567 ; and, having been found guilty... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 Seiten
...there, in life anrf death : The grass decays, the tale doth end. The bird is flown, the dews ascend ; The hour is short, the span not long, The swan's near...in the brook, Or in a glass much like a look : Or like the shuttle in the hand, Or like the writing in the sand ; Or like a thought, or like a dream,... | |
 | 1839 - 894 Seiten
...here, now there, in life and death. The grass withers, the tale is ended, The hird is flown, the dew's ascended, The hour is short, the span not long, The swan's near death, — man's life is done ! " The other and more authentic pieces of Quarles, and of writers who greatly surpass him in his own... | |
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