 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun. To Contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man; Anil they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day, JDd 4 In fortuhe's varying colours drett : Bruih'd... | |
 | James Anderson - Scotland - 1793 - 386 pages
...fkirn, Some fliew their gaily gilded trim, Quick glancing to the sun. ' To contemplation's sober eye, Such is the race of man : And they that creep and...life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drest : Brufli'd by the hand of rough mischance, Or chill'd by age their airy dance, They leave, in dust... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1036 pages
...Miltex't Paradife Loft. Boot vii \* While inledbfrom the thre(holdprfach,&c." A/. Greta, iii the Grotto. And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the buiy and the gay But flutter through life's little day. In fortune's varyi'ig colours dreft : Brufli... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...current (kirn, Some (hew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-gbncing to the Sin. To Contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man ; And they that creep, and they that fly, bhall end where they began. Alike the bul'y and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day. In fortune's... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1797 - 188 pages
...Some fhcw their gayly gilded trim, Qoik glancing to the fun. t 3 d To Contemplation's foher eye, I Such is the race of man, : And they that creep and they that fly Shall end where they began. S ew to the fun tUixivav'd coats di opt with gold. * Nareper aftatcm liquidam. Virg. Geor. 1. 4•f... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun (c). To Contemplation's sober eye (d) Such is the race...creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. (b) And float amid the ltquid noon. Nare per aestatem liquidam Virgil Georg. lib. 4. (c ) Quick glancing... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun (c). To Contemplation's sober eye (d) Such is the race...creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. (b) And float amid the liquid noon. Nare per aestttem liquidam Virgil Georg. lib. 4. (c) Quick glancing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 512 pages
...irfe8t /rum the t'orißxJil preach, И"«." M. Green, in the Grotto. I>odCey*t MifceUiukf, ToLr. p.iOi. And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the ВиГу and the Gay But flutter through life's little day. In Fortune's varying colours dreft : Brufli'd... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 508 pages
...¡nfeliifr<,m the tbrrfculJ freact, №." M. Green, in the Grotto. Podfley's Uifcellanics, vol. vp 161. And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the Bufy and the Gay But flutter through life's little day. In Fortune's varying colours dreft : Brufh'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...skim, Some shew their gaily gilded trim. Quick-glancing to the sunt. T6 Contemplation's sober eyej, Such is the race of man, And they that creep and they...they began. Alike the busy and the gay But flutter thro1 life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours drest! Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance,... | |
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