 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 Gentleman's Magazine - Seite 3261822Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1846 - 544 Seiten
...springing and falling leaves, an apt comparison for the fugitive races of men: — " Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now witheriug on the ground. Another race the following spring supplies ; They fall successive, and successive... | |
 | 1847 - 312 Seiten
...passing flower, That springs | to fall, and blossoms | but to die." Heroic Verse: — " Like leaves on trees | the race of man | is found ; Now | green in youth, now | withering on the ground." Octosyllabic Verse: — " The spacious firmament | on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled... | |
 | William Peter - 1847 - 562 Seiten
...fury burns, Proud tyrants humbles and whoie hosts o'erturns. Book VI. THE BACE Or MAN. 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... | |
 | 1924 - 222 Seiten
...sudden dissolution. His loss is sincerely lamented by his relatives and acquaintance. "Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground." (Friday, Aug. 24, 1798) On Friday last, in the afternoon, as Mr. Elias C. Saltus, a masterbuilder,... | |
 | Jørgen Erik Nielsen - 1992 - 166 Seiten
...words which, as Horace saw, are no less true about generations of words than 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 spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise; So generations... | |
 | Arthur Jones - 1993 - 288 Seiten
...A GRAVESTONE FOR JOSEPH CHAPMAN, A TALLOW-CHANDLER, IN THE CHURCH-YARD AT BISHOP STORTFORD, HERTS. Like leaves of 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... | |
 | Alexander Porteous - 2005 - 325 Seiten
...make." LEAVK OF TRIES Homer compares the race of mankind to leaves upon a tree thus : " 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... | |
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