 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
 | Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson - English poetry - 1921 - 316 pages
...hope : 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,...shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had — Even such is man : whose thread is spun, Drawn out and cut and so is done. If none can scape Death's dreadful... | |
 | English poetry - 1921 - 576 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 blossom... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 428 pages
...And darken when the spirit grieves. ON MAN'S MORTALITY. " Like as the damask rose 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— E'en such is man,... | |
 | Seumas MacManus - Ireland - 1921 - 762 pages
...Islands of Scotland, and translated into English. Or like a dainty 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,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 408 pages
...rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower in May, Or like the moiiiing of the day, 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 tloui1. — The rose withers,... | |
 | American poetry - 1927 - 490 pages
...IKE as the damask rose you see, J—i 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; the blossom... | |
 | Sir John Collings Squire - English poetry - 1927 - 496 pages
...her move So nimbly with a marble heart. Of Man's Mortality TIKE as the damask rose you see, L 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 — E'en such is... | |
 | Norman Ault - English poetry - 1928 - 544 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 blossom... | |
 | Norman Ault - English poetry - 1928 - 544 pages
...Drayton . The Battle of Agineourt, efcc., 1627. Mans Mortality LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning to the day, 40 Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had — Even such... | |
 | Kentucky Historical Society - Electronic journals - 1913 - 400 pages
...Quarles: "Like the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flowers of May, Or like the morning of the day. Or like the...like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Elver so is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom... | |
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