 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...  The Malta penny magazine - Page 48Full view - About this book
 | John Greenleaf Adams - 1851 - 232 pages
...changes ; so man's hope, and boasting, and glory change with it. " Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's...hue, Or silver drops of morning dew ; Or like a wind which chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood — Even such is man, whose borrowed light... | |
 | Augustus Charles Thompson - 1851 - 244 pages
...strengthening him. 12 CHAPTER XXVI BREVITY OF LIFE. Like to the falling of a star, Or u the flight of eagles are ; Or like the fresh Spring's 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 borrowed... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1852 - 564 pages
...LIFE. Burke. What shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue ! King. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh Spring's...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out,... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Pope. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are; Or like the fresh spring's...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood; Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 pages
...with sorrow for thy sake. Sic Vita. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are j Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd light 'ч straight call'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pages
...always dwelling nigh, is the remotest star. LIFE. — Henry King. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's...The wind blows out ; the bubble dies ; The spring entombed in autumn lies ; The dew dries up ; the star is shot ; The flight is past ; and man forgot.... | |
 | 1854 - 268 pages
...through the airy gloom began, Sphered in a radiant cloud. MILTON. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh spring's...bubbles which on water stood ; Even such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out, the bubble dies, The spring... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - 482 pages
...resounding grace to all heaven's harmonies. JOUN MILTON, 1608-1674. LIFE. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, / Or like the fresh...bubbles which on water stood — Even such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out ; the bubble dies ; The... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 pages
...; Nothing so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy. THE LIFE OF MAN. Like to the fulling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : K'en such is man, whose borrow *d light I? straight call'd in and paid to-night: The wind blows out,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - 1232 pages
...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 eagles are, Or 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... | |
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