 | Elizabeth Helme - 1800 - 314 pages
...thread is spun, Drawn out and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, and man he dies. " These lines are really very pleasing, " Charles," said Mr. Richardson, " and " much more worthy of... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...thread is spun, Drawn out and cut, and so is done : The rose withers, the blossoms blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow...• Like to the grass that's newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun, Or like the bird that's here to-day, Or like the pearled dew of May; Or like... | |
 | 1803 - 490 pages
...Thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The Rose withers, the Blossom blasteth, The Flower fades, the Morning hasteth, The Sun sets, the Shadow flies. The Gourd consumes, and Man he dies." R. Humble, it seems, was buried Ap. 1 3, 1615. I discovered yesterday the writer of these lines, which,... | |
 | George Ellis - 1803 - 468 pages
...is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. — The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow...dies! Like to the grass that's newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun, Or like the bird that's here to-day, Or like the pearled dew of May, Or like... | |
 | David Hughson - 1807 - 692 pages
...rut, and so is done. The Rose withers, the Blossom blasteth. The Flower fades, the Morning hasleth ; The Sun sets, the Shadow flies, The Gourd consumes, and Man he dies. Edward Robinson Brewer, Ob. 20 July 1652, and- his two sons, Edward and Richard. The grave-stone thus... | |
 | 1808 - 356 pages
...thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers ; the blossom blasteth; The flower fades ; the morning hasteth; The sun sets ; the shadow flies ; The gourd consumes ; and man he dies. Theodore, King of Corsica. When Theodore, the unfortunate king of Corsica, was so reduced as to lodge... | |
 | James Storer - 1816 - 214 pages
...Thread is Spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The Rose withers, the Blossom blasteth, The Flower fades, the Morning hasteth ; The Sun sets, the Shadow flies, The Gourd consumes, and Man he dies. Crossing the choir from the north aisle, we enter thr chapel of St. Mary Magdalene. It is an out-building,... | |
 | 1839 - 894 pages
...cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hosteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, — and man he dies. " Like to the gross that's newly sprung, Or like a talc that's new begun, Or like the hird that's here to-day, Or... | |
 | Collection - 1821 - 336 pages
...spun, Drawn out and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flow'rs fade, the morning hasteth ; The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, and man he dies. SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE REV. WILLIAM WENKWORTH, Late Chaplain of this Parish. Pious without ostentation,... | |
 | 1824 - 452 pages
...thread is spun, Drawn out and cut, and so is done—- The rose withers, the blossom blasteth. The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow...dies. Like to the grass that's newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun, Or like the bird that's here to-day, Or like the pearled dew of May, Or like... | |
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E'en such is man; whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth; The flower fades, the morning hasteth; The sun sets, the shadow flies; The gourd consumes,— and man he dies... 
