 | Matthew Henry - 1825 - 556 Seiten
...dost thou? If he that took, be the same that gave, and what he gave and took * « Like to the failing of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are ; Or like the tresh spring's gaudy hue ; Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like a wind that chafes the flood ; Or... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 Seiten
...of Chichester. He made a metrical version of the Psalms. All his writings are religious. SIC VITA. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood: Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out,... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 404 Seiten
...sallies are of nobler kind Than virtues of a narrow mind. EARL NUGENT. ON THE LIFE OF MAN. ry-^LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood, — E'en such is man — whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in and paid to-night. The wind blows... | |
 | John Mitford - 1827 - 360 Seiten
...shalt by right The nations all possess. M 161 POEMS, FRANCIS BEAUMONT, GENT. 1615. ON THE LIFE OF MAN. LIKE to the falling of a star. Or as the flights of...hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like a wind which chafes the flood, Or bubbles that on water stood : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light Is... | |
 | 1828 - 852 Seiten
...move To 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...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 Seiten
...what an 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...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...To 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... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 Seiten
...secrets 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...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,... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 Seiten
...secrets 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...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,... | |
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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... 
