| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 490 Seiten
...thus moralises on the life of man, in a set of similes, as apposite as they are light and elegant : " 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 : E'en such is man, whose borrow'd light... | |
| 1866 - 824 Seiten
...shows us worlds of light We could not see by day. SUCH IS ЫГЕ. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or a* 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... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 670 Seiten
...similes, as apposite as they are light and elegant : " 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, Or bubbles which on water stood : E'en such is man, whose borrow'd light... | |
| William Linwood - 1846 - 342 Seiten
...bright : Unaiming charms with edge resistless fall, And she, who meant no mischief, does it all. xcvi. 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 ; E'en such is man, whose borrowed light... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1846 - 296 Seiten
...me, I have a mind free from self-reproach, and I have an honest fame." LESSON SIXTEENTH. So w 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... | |
| 1846 - 404 Seiten
...of venom. — From Essays m Natural .Hi's» tory, by Charles Watertm, Esq. POETRY. 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 bubble which on water stood, E'en such is man, whose borrow'd light... | |
| William Linwood - 1846 - 372 Seiten
...bright : Unaiming charms with edge resistless fall, And she, who meant no mischief, does it all. XCVI. 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 ; E'en such is man, whose borrowed light... | |
| 1846 - 436 Seiten
...keen, shoots into azure far, And, always dwelling nigh, is the remotest star. LIFE. — Henry King. 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 hubbies which on water stood, — Even such is man, whose borrowed... | |
| 1846 - 644 Seiten
...while the soul had gone to its everlasting rest. — Todd's Simple Stdcka. LIFE. LIKE to the fulling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or like...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 borrow'd... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 Seiten
...there, Prolong my winter all the year, And thy example others make In love with sorrow for thy sake. ambers a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Ev'n euch is man, whose borrow'd light... | |
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