 | Matthew Prior - 1718 - 566 sider
...rifing Winds are toft, Their fleeting Forms fcarce fooner found than loft : So vanifties our State : fo pafs our Days : So Life but opens now, and now...Cradle and the Tomb, alas! fo nigh, To live is fcarce diftinguifll'd from to dye. Cure Cure of the Mifer's Wifh, and Coward's Death only Ihews Us, what We... | |
 | Giles Jacob - 1723 - 402 sider
...by rifing Winds are toft. Their fleeting Forms no fooner found than loft : So vanijhes our State ; fo pafs our Days , So Life but opens now, and now decays .The Cradle and the Tomb, alas ! fo nigh j To live is fcarce diftinguifli'd from to dieSolomon at length finding human Reafbn too imperfeft... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1734 - 368 sider
...are toft, Their fleeting Forms fcarce fooner found than loft : So vanifhes our State : fo pais pur Days : So Life but opens now, and now decays : The...Cradle and the Tomb, alas! fo nigh; To live is fcarce diftinguiih'd from to dye. Cure of the Mifer's Wiih, and Coward's Fear, Death only fhews Us, what We... | |
 | Theophilus Cibber - 1753 - 406 sider
...empty clouds by rifing winds are toft, ' Their fleeting forms no fooner found than loft : So vanifhes our ftate ; fo pafs our days ; So life but opens now,...cradle, and the tomb, alas ! fo nigh ; To live is fcarce diftinjuifhed from to die. We mall conclude this account of Mr. Prior's life with the following copy... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1777 - 252 sider
...than loft; So van i flies our ftate, fo pafs our days: So life but opene now, and now decays : ^fhe cradle and the tomb, alas ! fo nigh ; To live is fcarce...die. Cure of the mifer's -wifh, and coward's fear, Death-only fhews us, what we knew was near. With courage therefore view the pointed hour ; Read not... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1779 - 318 sider
...empty clouds by rifing winds are toft, Their fleeting forms fcarce fooner found than lolf : So vanifhes our ftate, fo pafs our days ; So life but opens now,...cradle and the tomb, alas! fo nigh; To live is fcarce diftinguifti'd from to die. G 3 Cure Cure of the mifer's with, and coward's fear, Death only fhews... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1779 - 322 sider
...empty clouds by rifing winds are toft, Their fleeting forms fcarce fooner found than loft; So vanifhes our ftate, fo pafs our days : So life but opens now,...decays: The cradle and the tomb, alas! fo nigh; To Jive is fcarce diftinguifh'd from to die. G 3 Cure Cure of the mifer's wifh, and coward's fear, Death... | |
 | 1781 - 512 sider
...clouds by rifing winds are tofs'd, * Their fleeting forms fcarce fooner found than loft : * So vanifhes our ftate, fo pafs our days, * So life but opens now, and now decays ; f The cradle and the tomb, alas ! fo nigh, * To live is fcarce diftinguifh'd from to die.' ' Cure... | |
 | Eschenburg - 1788 - 472 sider
...rifing Winds are toft, Their fleeting Forms fcarce former found than loft: So vanif hes our State, fo pafs our Days : So Life but opens now, and now decays: The Crudle and the Tomb, alas! fo nigh; To live is icarce diftinguifh'd from to die. Cure of the Mifer's... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 326 sider
...clouds by rifing winds are toft, Their fleeting forms fcarce fooner found than loft ; 525 So vanifhes our ftate, fo pafs our days ; So life but opens now,...the mifer's wifh, and coward's fear, 530 Death only fhews us what we knew was near. U 3 With With courage therefore view the pointed hour, Dread not Death's... | |
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So vanishes our state, so pass our days ; So life but opens now, and now decays ; The cradle and the tomb, alas ! so nigh, To live, is scarce distinguish'd from to die. 
