 What is this passing scene ? A peevish April day, A little sun — a little rain, And then night sweeps along the plain, And all things fade away: Man, soon discussed, Yields up his trust, And all his hopes and fears lie with him in the dust.  The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White - Página 177por Henry Kirke White - 1830 - 252 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Orville Dewey - 1847 - 408 páginas
...is the dream of a shadow." " What," says the melancholy Kirk White — " What is this passing life ? A peevish April day : A little sun, a little rain,...sweeps along the plain, And all things fade away." The melancholy of Byron is of a darker complexion ; one might anticipate, indeed, that his misan —... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1849 - 346 páginas
...abode of the just, in the paradise of God. AMHERST. MONTHLY CALENDAR OF NATURAL PHENOMENA. APRIL. " What is this passing scene ? A peevish April day,...along the plain, And all things fade away ; Man (soon discussed) Yields up his trust ; And all his hopes and fears lie with him in the dust." THUS sung our... | |
 | Asenath Nicholson - 1850 - 464 páginas
...all gone down to the lower regions, or they had become safe inhabitants of the upper. CHAPTER VIII. " A little sun, a little rain, And then night sweeps along the plain, And all things fade away." IRELAND seemed now to be looking beyond the dark cloud that overshadowed her head, and feeling that... | |
 | James Weir - 1850 - 704 páginas
...reality but commenced. CHAPTER XXIII. What is t!n= passing scene? A peevish April day! A little ran— a little rain And then night sweeps along the plain, And all things fade away ; Man (soon discussed) Yields up his trust, And all his hopes and fears lie with him in the dust. WITH the death... | |
 | 1863 - 896 páginas
...works of his hands, are laid in the dust, silently, and side by side. Oh ! ye pilgrims of earth — "What is this passing scene ? A peevish April day ! A little sun— a little rain, I And then night sweeps along the plain, And all things fade away ! Man (soon discussed) Yields up... | |
 | M M C. M - 1850 - 202 páginas
...conviction of sin, but her character on every point ripened early, a life of sorrow was hers : "A stormy April day ! A little sun — a little rain, And then night sweeps along the plain." The gleams of sunshine between the storm were of short duration, but now she basks in eternal sunshine,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 páginas
...scenes of bliss that never, never die. What is this passing scene ? A peevish April day ! 76 WHITE. [QEO A little sun — a little rain, And then night sweeps...discuss'd) Yields up his trust, And all his hopes and feats lie with him in the dust. O, what is beauty's power ? It flourishes and dies; Will the cold earth... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1851 - 964 páginas
...skill—the flute-like voice is silent to the sons of men. With the melancholy Kirke White we say— " What is this passing scene ? A peevish April day !...along the plain, And all things fade away. Man (soon discussed) Yields up his trust, And all his hopes and fears lie with him in the dust. " The most beloved... | |
 | Christian poets - 1851 - 470 páginas
...his native home. LAY NOT UP TREASURES UPON EARTH. WHAT is this passing scene ? A peevish April-day ! A little sun, — a little rain, — And then night...along the plain, And all things fade away : Man (soon discussed) Yields up his trust ; And all his hopes and fears lie with him in the dust ! And what is... | |
 | 1852 - 1202 páginas
...sunshine and shower ; each in their turn, in rapid and unforseen succession. Well said poor White — "What is this passing scene?— A peevish April day...along the plain, And all things fade away ; Man (soon discussed) Yields up his trust And all his hopes and fears lie with him in the dust" It is a rare sight,... | |
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