 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 blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow...  The Home friend, a weekly miscellany of amusement and instruction - Page 404by Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1855Full view - About this book
 | Lucy Pauline Wright Hobart - Consolation - 1867 - 534 pages
...Lest in the next I miss felicitie. SIC VITA. Simon Oasttll. LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower...like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had, E'en such is man — whose thread is spun, Drawn out and cut, and sa is done ;. — 66 THE LIFE OF... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...MORTALITY. Like as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower in May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, J Or like the gourd which Jonas, had — E'en such is man ; whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut,... | |
 | 1870 - 464 pages
...MORTALITY. Like as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower in May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, 5 Or like the gourd which Jonas had — E'en such is man ; whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut,... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1870 - 496 pages
...or harvests of sorrow." IV. MAN'S MORTALITY. S. WASTELL. 1. LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or as 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, — E'en such... | |
 | Cheshire (England) - 1871 - 500 pages
...Mary Overies) Soutlnvark, at the foot of London Bridge. Like to the Damask Rose you sec ; Or liki! the blossom on the tree ; Or like the dainty flower...like the shade; Or like the gourd which Jonas had ; — * Heury Xeelo (1798-1828) has a passage in his Sonnet on the Love of Fame closely resembling... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...MORTALITY. LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower in yellow and scarlet tufts of oceau Arc bending like...on the upland lea. And life, in rare and beautiful — E'en such is man ; — whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. — The rose withers,... | |
 | Recitations - 1889 - 236 pages
...you see, -L^ Or like a blossom on a tree, Or like the daiuty flower in May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonah made ; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out and out, and so is done. The rose withers,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1890 - 394 pages
...her height. MATHEW ROYDON. JEan's JWottalitg. LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossoms on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or...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 blossom... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1890 - 640 pages
...Mortality. LIKE as the damask rose you see, > Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower in May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun,...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,... | |
 | Walter Besant - 1890 - 378 pages
...lines,— Like to the damask rose you sec, Or like the blossoms on the tree, Or like the dainty flowers of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, ' Are you tired ? ' Althea asked when they came out. ' Have you seen enough ? ' ' How can one ever... | |
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