| Epitaphs - 1727 - 528 pages
...His Meflenger for me'fent. On MARGARET HUMBLEi LIKE to the Damaslc Rofe you lee, Qr -like the Bloffom on the Tree, Or like the dainty Flower of May, Or...the Day, Or like the Sun, or like the Shade, Or like Gourd whieh Jonas had j Even fo is Man, whofe Thread is ipun, Prawn out, -and. cut, and io is done... | |
| John Wesley - Biography - 1787 - 726 pages
...you fee, Or like the Bloflbms on a tree, Or like the fragrant Flowers in May, Or like the Morning to the Day, Or like the Sun, or like the Shade, Or like the Gourd which Jonah had : E'en fuch is Man, whofe thread is fpuri; Drawn out, and cut, and fo its done; Withers the... | |
| Elizabeth Helme - Adventure and adventurers - 1800 - 314 pages
...father's pcr" mission, will first transcribe the epitaph ** on Richard Humble and his family." EPITAPH. Like to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom...like the shade, . Or, like the gourd which Jonas had : E'ea \ E'en so is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out and cut, and so is done. The rose withers,... | |
| 1803 - 490 pages
...you see, Or like the Blossom on the Tree, Or like the Dainty Flower of May,, Or lite the Morning ot" the Day, Or like the Sun, or like the shade,. Or like the Gourd which Jonas had, Even so is man; whose Thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The Rose withers, the Blossom... | |
| English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had, Even such is man ; whose thread is spun, Drawn out and cut, and so is done : The rose withers, the... | |
| George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 468 pages
...Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning to the clay, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had, E'en such is man; — whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. — The rose withers,... | |
| Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...1616. Like to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flow'r ot May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun,...like the shade, Or like the gourd •which Jonas had. Even so is man, whose thread is span, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done : The rose withers, the blossom... | |
| David Hughson - London (England) - 1807 - 692 pages
...on the Tree, Or like the dainty Flower of May, Or like the Morning of the Day ; • Probably Nazutg. Or like the Sun, or like the Shade, Or like the Gourd which Jonas had. Even so is Man, whose Thread is spun. Drawn out, and rut, and so is done. The Rose withers, the Blossom... | |
| American literature - 1808 - 356 pages
...innumerable others, is the following epitaph on'a monument for Richard Humble, his wife, and two children. Like to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom...like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had : Even so is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers ; the... | |
| Thomas Pennant - London (England) - 1813 - 534 pages
...of the pretty and moral inscription cut on one side. A PRETTY Like to the damask rose you see, ONE. Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty...the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonat had : Even so is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out and cut, and so is done. The rose withers,... | |
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