 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...  Anthologia oxoniensis - Side 162redigeret af - 1846 - 306 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - 1232 sider
...thus moralises on the life of man, in a set of similes, as apposite as they are light and elegant : " Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of mornin» dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : E'en such is... | |
 | Henry King - 1914 - 258 sider
...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 chafes the flood ; 5 Or bubbles which on water stood ; Even such is man, whose borrow'd light Is streight call'd in,... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 852 sider
...-sweet as lovely melancholy. ¿Fran«« IBeaumom 158C (?)-1616 ON THE LIFE OF MAN1 (From Poems, 1640) the deep-mouth'd beagles catch The tainted manes;...impatience try 85 Each doubtful trace. Or, if a n the wind that chafes the flood, 5 Or bubbles which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrowed... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 944 sider
...eternally, And death shall be no more: Death, thou shalt die! FRANCIS BEAUMONT (1684-1616) EVEN SUCH IS MAN Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood: Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in and paid to night. The wind blows out,... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 924 sider
...eternally, And death shall be no more: Death, thou shalt die! FRANCIS BEAUMONT (1684-1616) EVEN SUCH IS MAN a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it? — No; 'twas...the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till mor 5 Or bubbles which on water stood : Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in and... | |
 | Frank Jenners Wilstach - 1916 - 540 sider
...men are like animals — they take fright and are reassured by trifles. — BALZAC. Like the falling star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or like the...like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which in water stood : Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight call'd in and paid to-night. —... | |
 | Andrew Macphail - 1916 - 542 sider
...Life's chilled boughs emptied by death's autumn-blast. HENRY KING, BISHOP OF CHICHESTER 3o. Sic EiE to the falling of a Star, Or as the flights of eagles are, — Or like the fresh spring's gawdy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1916 - 228 sider
...rapid stream." Or there may be many graceful images. Notice how the ornaments soften and soothe: " Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or like a wind that chafes the flood Or bubbles that on water stood, Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue Or... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 468 sider
...drops of morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, 5 Or 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 intombed in autumn lies; i< The dew's dried... | |
 | William B. Cairns - 1918 - 526 sider
...Bishop King's Sic Vita, which is analyzed with skill in Dr. SS Curry's Lessons in Vocal Expression.1t Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or as the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like the wind that chafes the flood,... | |
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