 To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.  Poems - Page 45by Thomas Gray - 1786 - 178 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1755 - 348 pages
...eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, arid they that fly, Shall end whelre they began. f Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day, Jn fortune's varying colours drefs'4 : Brulh'd by the hand; of mngh raifchaHce, Or chill'd by age,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 344 pages
...gayly gilded trim Quick glancing to the fan. F/. To contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end...thro' life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drefs'd : Brufh'd by .the hand of rough mifchance, Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1765 - 410 pages
...gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun. IV. To Contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the bufy and the gay gut flutter through life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drefs'd : Brufh'd by the hand of... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 200 pages
...book 7. i4 ODE ON THE SPRING. '• .- • To Contemplation's fober eye * Such is the race of Man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the Bufyjand the Gay But flutter thro' life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours dreft : Brulh'd... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1768 - 142 pages
...gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun-f-. To Contemplation's fober eye J Such is the race of Man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. * " Nare per seflntcm liquidam " Virgil. Gcorg. lit. 4. •f- "• fporting with quick glance Shew... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Cats - 1768 - 140 pages
...gilded trim • Quick-glancing to the fun c. To Contemplation's fober eye d Such is the race of Man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. t " Nare per xftatem liquidam " Virgil, Georg. Kb. 4. fporting with quick glance Shew to the fun their... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1775 - 168 pages
...from the threlhold preach, 4rc. M.GREEK, in the Grr.lle .Dodjlefs Mifccllnnics, Vol. jf 161. Alike Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter thro' life's...Age, their airy dance They leave, in duft to reft. i Methinks I hear, in accent low,. . The fportive kind reply ; Poor Moralift ! and what art thou. !... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1775 - 552 pages
...gaily-gilded tritti Quick-glancing to the Ion, ' To Contemplation's 1'ober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the bnfy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day, in fortune's varying colours dreft: Bnifh'd by... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1778 - 182 pages
...gold. Milton's Paradifc Loft, kod 7, Da To To Contemplation's fober eye * Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end...varying colours dreft : Brufh'd by the hand of rough Mifchancc, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave in duft to reft. « Methinks I hear, in accents... | |
 | History - 1778 - 626 pages
...the race of man: And they that creep, and they that flr. Shall end »'here they began. Alike the busy and the gay • But flutter thro' life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drest : Brusli'd by the hand uf rough mischance. Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave, in... | |
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