| 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. a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light... | |
| 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...gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood ; E'en such is man, whose borrowed light... | |
| 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,...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,... | |
| 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, 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... | |
| 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 a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light... | |
| 1875 - 572 Seiten
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| Augustus Charles Thompson - 1851 - 244 Seiten
...strengthening him. 12 CHAPTER XXVI BREVITY OF LIFE. Like to the falling of a star, Or u the flight of eagles are ; Or like the fresh Spring's gaudy hue,...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,... | |
| 1851 - 496 Seiten
...or this, That hurtful is, Deny thy suppliant. HENEY KING. BORN, 1591; DIED, 16«9. 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 : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow' d light... | |
| 1851 - 746 Seiten
...be brought With thee to spend eternity, And sing the song of Jubilee. Liverpool. CESTRIAN. , LIFE. 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... | |
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