 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 - Strana 162úprava: - 1846 - Počet stránok 306Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Francis Beaumont - 1846 - Počet stránok 556
...change am I as free. He or she that loves too long Sell their freedom for a song. ON THE LIFE OF MANJ. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...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 - 1843 - Počet stránok 324
...and Whitchot heard that holy sound from the bowels of the grave, and his heart smote him. LIFE. I/IKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles...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... | |
 | Henry King - 1843 - Počet stránok 394
...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 ; Or bubbles which on water stood ; Even such is man, whose borrow'd light Is streight call'd in, and paid to night. The Wind blowes... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Počet stránok 692
...Prolong my winter all the year, And thy example others make In love with sorrow for thy sake. Ke Vita. of a Jïappy Lift. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out,... | |
 | 1843 - Počet stránok 434
...give a few easy lines from King, with a good moral. " Like to the falling of a star, Or as the nights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue,...silver drops of morning dew ; Or like a wind that chnfes the blood. Or bubbles which on water stood — E'en such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - Počet stránok 232
...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...bubbles which on water stood: E'en such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in and paid to-night:— The wind blows out, the bubble dies: The... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - Počet stránok 490
...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...bubbles which on water stood : E'en such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in and paid to-night: — The wind blows out, the bubble dies : The... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - Počet stránok 670
...similes, as apposite as they are light and elegant : " Like to the falling of a star, Or as the nights of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue,...bubbles which on water stood : E'en such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in and paid to-night : — The wind blows out, the bubble dies :... | |
 | 1866 - Počet stránok 824
...shows us worlds of light We could not see by day. SUCH IS ЫГЕ. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or a* the flights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh spring's...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,... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1846 - Počet stránok 296
...me, I have a mind free from self-reproach, and I have an honest fame." LESSON SIXTEENTH. So w Life. 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 winds blow... | |
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