 | Robert Kemp Philp - 430 pages
...did observe her \Vith credulous eyes. Stwcr. LIFE. Like to the falling of a star ; Or as the flights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue,...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood ; E'en such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight coll'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...drops of morning dew ; Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Ev'n have found in that from which it had restrained itself. They are to-night. The wind blows out, the bubble dies; The spring entomb'd in autumn lies ; The dew dries up,... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1850 - 842 pages
...SIC VITA. Like to the falhng of a star. Or as the flight of eagles are ; Or like the fresh springs gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew ; Or like...bubbles which on water stood ; Even such is man, whose borrowed igat Is straight-called in and paid to nijjht The wind blows out, the bubble dwf, The spring... | |
 | 1851 - 746 pages
...the song of Jubilee. Liverpool. CESTRIAN. , LIFE. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1851 - 496 pages
...HENEY KING. BORN, 1591; DIED, 16«9. THE LIFE OF MAN. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue,...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow' d light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows... | |
 | Christian poets - Christian poetry, English - 1851 - 470 pages
...APPEARETH FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND THEN VAMSHKTH AWAY." LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue,...morning dew ; Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubble which on water stood, E'en such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight called in and paid... | |
 | John Greenleaf Adams - Consolation - 1851 - 232 pages
...man's hope, and boasting, and glory change with it. " 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 which chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood — Even such is man, whose borrowed light... | |
 | Augustus Charles Thompson - Death - 1851 - 244 pages
...strengthening him. 12 CHAPTER XXVI BREVITY OF LIFE. Like to the falling of a star, Or u the flight 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 borrowed... | |
 | Charles Simmons - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1852 - 564 pages
...shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue ! King. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh Spring's gaudy hue,...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out,... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Pope. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue,...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood; 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... 
