 | William Bingham Tappan - American poetry - 1840 - 344 pages
...are the Early Dead ! WHAT IS MAN? Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are ; Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood ; Even such is man. — Henry King. I COURT retirement's hour, That I may gladly look Away from fantasies of earth, And... | |
 | William Bingham Tappan - American poetry - 1840 - 346 pages
...meet At Jesus' feet. WHAT IS MAN? Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are ; Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood ; Even such is man— Henry King. I COURT retirement's hour, That I may gladly look Away from fantasies of earth, And study... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...knaves and fools of them. DR. HENRY KING. 1591-1669. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew ; Or like the wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...to more attention than they now obtain.] SIC VITA. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue,...whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out, the bubble dies ; Tlie spriug entomb'd in autumn lies ; The dew dries... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...last, Those never clouded, nor that overcast. SiC VITA. LIKB to the falling of a star. Or as the flight of eagles are, Or like the fresh Spring's gaudy hue....bubbles which on water stood : Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to night. The wind blows out, the bubble dies; The Spring... | |
 | Raphael - 1841 - 782 pages
...1805, Oh. 30m. rH DtfC i» March, 1829. Like lo the falling of a star, Or as the (light of eagles arc ; Or like the fresh Spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew ; Or like a wind that chafes Ihc flood, Or bubbles which on water stood. 538 E'en such is man — whose borrow "d light Is straight... | |
 | Henry King - Bible - 1843 - 394 pages
...to the falling of a Starre; Or as the flights of Eagles are ; Or like the fresh springs gawdy hew ; Or silver drops of morning dew ; Or like a wind that...stood ; Even such is man, whose borrow'd light Is streight call'd in, and paid to night. The Wind blowes out ; the Bubble dies ; The Spring entomb'd... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1846 - 556 pages
...Sell their freedom for a song. ON THE LIFE OF MANJ. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue,...Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like a wind that e chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood ; d On the I/ife of Man] Is found also in the Poems... | |
 | Story-teller - English fiction - 1843 - 324 pages
...bowels of the grave, and his heart smote him. LIFE. I/IKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like the wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood — Even such is man, whose borrow'd... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...others make In love with sorrow for thy sake. Ke Vita. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights t, That serveth : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out,... | |
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Like to the falling of a star; Or as the flights of eagles are; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue; Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like a wind that chafes the flood; Or bubbles which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight... 
