 | Ellis Publishing Company - 1906 - 262 Seiten
...life-lasting toys, Dear Father, take care of thy children — the boys. — Oliver Wendell Holmes. 21. Like the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, E'en such my life, whose borrowed light Is straight called in and paid to-night. 22. In these far altitudes,... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 616 Seiten
...With her bells dim; Oxlips in their cradles growing, FRANCIS BEAUMONT (1584-1616) ON THE LIFE OF MAN Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, 5 Or bubbles which on water stood: Even such is man, whose borrowed light... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1907 - 892 Seiten
...myself a Man — Which is a proud and yet a wretched thing. 452. The Life of Man Sir y. Davies T IKE to the falling of a star, •^—' Or as the flights...spring's gaudy hue,. Or silver drops of morning dew, 482 Or like the wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood; Even such is Man, whose... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1909 - 636 Seiten
...soft eye, The searching sun, the open sky, She never could endure. J. KEBLE (The Christian Year). 546. SIC VITA LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the...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... | |
 | John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young - 1910 - 1174 Seiten
...birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth ! FRANCIS BEAUMONT (1584-1616) ON THE LIFE OF MAN look upon your lord, And lay your hands upon your...sword, — I tell thee, thou 'rt defied ! And if thou a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Even such is man, whose borrowed light... | |
 | Oswald John Fredeick Crawford - 1910 - 220 Seiten
...approve ; And all my sour-sweet days I will lament, and love. George Herbert CXXL ON THE LIFE OF MAN. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...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... | |
 | P. Garrett - 1910 - 872 Seiten
...again I My own dear Papa 1" SIC VITA.— HENRY KINO. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the nights 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, ( >r bubbles which on water stood, — E'en such is man, whose borrowed... | |
 | 1911 - 784 Seiten
...Thus great Pan is ever sung'! jfrancis Beaumont 1586(?)-1616 ON THE LIFE OF MAN (From Poems, 1640) Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in and paid to-night. 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... 
