 | 1847 - 272 Seiten
...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 - 356 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Ellen Wallace - 1870 - 192 Seiten
...spades, which they laid behind a gravestone when they went into the church. CHAPTER XIV. Like to tl,c falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are,...bubbles 'which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrowed light, Is straight called in and paid to-night. HENRY KING. 4* ANNE found her way back as... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 430 Seiten
...at least so thought By such as stood aloof, and did observe her \Vith credulous eyes. Stwcr. LIFE. Like to the falling of a star ; Or as the flights...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood ; E'en such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight coll'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 Seiten
...my winter all the year, And thy example others make In love with sorrow for thy sake. •Л Ac Fito. dilate, Whereof by parcels she had something heard, But not intentively. : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out,... | |
 | 1854 - 672 Seiten
...the nay, we pause, for we must not by such comparisons further libel the brnte creation. SO IS LIFE. 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 borrowed light Is straight called in and paid to-night. The wind blows out... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 Seiten
...breath, And leaves no epilogue but death. sic VITA. LIKK to the falling of a star, Or as the flight 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... | |
 | 1874 - 714 Seiten
...imitations of a poem called Life by Henry King, Bishop of Chichester (15911669), commencing :— " Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are," &c.] PECULIAR TREATMENT OF SOME WORDS IN PASSING FROM ONE LANGUAGE то ANOTHER (5th S. i. 247 ; ii.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 Seiten
...the year, And thy example others make In love with sorrow for thy sake. Sic Tito. Like to the fallins ll murder thee. Rom. Alack 1 : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight oall'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out,... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1850 - 842 Seiten
...SIC VITA. Like to the falhng of a star. Or as the flight of eagles are ; Or like the fresh springs gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew ; Or like...bubbles which on water stood ; Even such is man, whose borrowed igat Is straight-called in and paid to nijjht The wind blows out, the bubble dwf, The spring... | |
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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... 
