 | 1792 - 684 Seiten
...pearled due of May, Or lite an hour, or like a fpan, Or like the finging of a fwan ; Ev'n iuch is mar who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death. The grafs withers, 'the tale is ended, The bird is flown, the dew's afcemlcd, The hour is fhort, the fpan... | |
 | 1764 - 636 Seiten
...the pearled dew of May, Or l.ke an hour, or like a fpan, Or like the finging of a fwan j E'en fuch is man, who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death. The grau decays, the tale doth end, The bird is fiown, the dews afcend, The hour is fhort, the fpan not... | |
 | 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
...writing in the fand. Or like a thought, or like a dream, Or like the gliding of a ftream : E'en (uch is man, who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death i The bubble's burit, the look's Forgot, The fnuttle's flung, the writing's blot, The thought is part,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 Seiten
...pearled dew of May ; Or like an hour, or like a fpan, Or like the finging of a fwaij : fcv'n fuch is man, who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death ; The grafs decays, the tale doth end, The bird is flown, the dcwn afccnd ; Thf. hour ib fhort, the fpan... | |
 | 1803 - 490 Seiten
...pearled dew of May,, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a Swan ; Even such is Man; who lives by breath. Is here, now there, in life...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... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 382 Seiten
...span, Or like the singing of a swan, Even such is man : who lives by breath, Is here, now there, iu life and death. The grass withers, the tale is ended,...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,... | |
 | George Ellis - 1803 - 468 Seiten
...the pearled dew of May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan, E'en such is man; — who lives by breath, Is here, now there,...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... | |
 | 1803 - 250 Seiten
...writing ia the Or like a thought, or like a dream, Or like the gliding of the frream ; E'en fuch is man, who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death ; The bubble's burft ; the look's forgot; The fhuttle's flung ; the writing's blot; The thought is paft;... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1804 - 256 Seiten
...writing on the fand, Or like a thought or like a dream, Or li&e the gliding of a ftream ; Ev'n fuch is man who lives by breath, Is here now there, in life and death, FlM. fcarledt. fwar. 'ft*** weaver. The water glides, man's life is doiitf. 4. Like to a blaze of fond... | |
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Tale that's new begun, Or like the bird that's here today, Or like the pearled Dew of May, Or like an Hour, or like a Span, Or like the singing of a Swan. 
