 | English literature - 1792 - 684 pages
...pearled due of May, Or lite an hour, or like a fpan, Or like the finging of a fwan ; Ev'n iuch is mar who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death. The grafs withers, 'the tale is ended, The bird is flown, the dew's afcemlcd, The hour is fhort, the fpan not... | |
 | English literature - 726 pages
...the willing in the fand. Or hWe a thought, or like a dream, Or like the gliding of theftream : E'en fuch is man, who lives by breath* Is here, now there, in lif . and death. , The bubble's buift, the lock's forgot, The fhuttlc's flung, the writing's blot,... | |
 | 1764 - 636 pages
...like the pearled dew of May, Or l.ke an hour, or like a fpan, Or like the finging of a fwan j E'en fuch is man, who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death. The grau decays, the tale doth end, The bird is fiown, the dews afcend, The hour is fhort, the fpan not... | |
 | John Wesley - Biography - 1787 - 726 pages
...like the finging of a Swan : E'en fuch is Man, who lives by breathy Is here ; is there; in. Life ; in Death ! The Grafs decays, the Tale doth end, The Bird is flown, the Dews afcend, The Hour is fliort, the Span not long; The Swan's near Death ! Man's life is done! Like to a Bubble on a brook,... | |
 | 366 pages
...writing in the fand. Or like a thought, or like a dream, Or like the gliding of a ftream : E'en (uch is man, who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death i The bubble's burit, the look's Forgot, The fnuttle's flung, the writing's blot, The thought is part,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1792 - 710 pages
...of May, Or like an hour, ur like a fpan, Or like ti» fiiiging of a I'wan; Kv'n fuch is таи W|M> lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death. The graft withers, the talc is ended, The bird is flown, the dew 's afcended, The hour is flioi't, tlie... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...like the pearled dew of May ; Or like an hour, or like a fpan, Or like the finging of a fwaij : fcv'n fuch is man, who lives by breath, Is here, now there,...decays, the tale doth end, The bird is flown, the dcwn afccnd ; Thf. hour ib fhort, the fpan not long, The iwan 's near death, man's life is done. Like... | |
 | 1803 - 490 pages
...the pearled dew of May,, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a Swan ; Even such is Man; who lives by breath. Is here, now there, in life and death. The grass withers, the tale is ended, The bird is flown, the dew's ascended, The hour is short, the span... | |
 | Readers - 1803 - 250 pages
...like the writing ia the Or like a thought, or like a dream, Or like the gliding of the frream ; E'en fuch is man, who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death ; The bubble's burft ; the look's forgot; The fhuttle's flung ; the writing's blot; The thought is paft;... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 468 pages
...like the pearled dew of May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan, E'en such is man; — who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death. — The grass withers, the tale is ended, The bird is flown, the dew's ascended, The hour is short, the span... | |
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Like to the grass that's newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun, Or like the bird that's here today, Or like the pearled dew of May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan — Even such is man; who lives by breath, Is here,... 
