 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 páginas
...thou art. -RICHARD CORBET (1582—1635). SIC VITA. 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 : Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out, the bubble dies ; The... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 páginas
...example others make In love with sorrow for thy take. Sic Vita. Like to the falling of a star, Or ae ectly for the allusion to Shakspeare. ' I am as sorry,'...myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light Ii straight call'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out,... | |
 | 1744 - 726 páginas
...the Sights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy line, Or silver drops of morning dew i Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which...whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd In, and paid to-:ilght. The wind blows out, the bubble dies; The spring entomb'd In autumn lies. The dew dries up,... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 páginas
...MAN. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flight of eagles are, THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. 57 Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops...morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubble which on water stood, — Even such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight called in and paid... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 206 páginas
...MAN. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flight of eagles are, THB VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. 57 Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, • Or silver...morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubble which on water stood, — Even such is man, whose borrow' d light Is straight called in and... | |
 | 1847 - 272 páginas
...transitory scenes of one that was precarious, dashed with afflictions, and at best but short and fleeting. " Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh spnng's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew ; Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1849 - 356 páginas
...Human perceptions - first - open - upon effects, - and thence, - by slow degrees, - ascend - to causes. Like - to the falling - of a star, Or - as - the flights...which - on water - stood : Even such - is man - whose borrowed light Is - straight - called in - and - paid - to night ; — The wind - blows out, - the... | |
 | Ellen Wallace - 1870 - 192 páginas
...spades, which they laid behind a gravestone when they went into the church. CHAPTER XIV. Like to tl,c falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are,...bubbles 'which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrowed light, Is straight called in and paid to-night. HENRY KING. 4* ANNE found her way back as... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 430 páginas
...at least so thought By such as stood aloof, and did observe her \Vith credulous eyes. Stwcr. LIFE. Like to the falling of a star ; Or as the flights...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 - 1849 - 708 páginas
...my winter all the year, And thy example others make In love with sorrow for thy sake. •Л Ac Fito. dilate, Whereof by parcels she had something heard, But not intentively. : 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... 
