 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 362 lehte
...Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man : And they that ereep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike...flutter thro' life's little day, In Fortune's varying colors drest : V. 24. Thus Milton. Par. R. iv. 248: " The sound of bees' industrious murmur." Wakefield... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 200 lehte
...e'er the current skim, Some show their gayly gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. ON THE SPRING. 89 And they that creep. and they that fly. Shall end...they began. Alike the Busy and the Gay But flutter through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colors dress'd • Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance,... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1854 - 472 lehte
...that of Isaiah respecting man, has been beautifully expressed by Gray : To contemplation's sober eye, Such is the race of man ; And they that creep, and...they began. Alike the busy and the gay, But flutter through life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drest ; Brushed by the hand of rough mischance,... | |
 | 1908 - 464 lehte
...skim, Some show their gaily-gilded trim 30 Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly Shall end where they began. 35 Alike the Busy and the Gay But flutter thro' life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours drest:... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1909 - 636 lehte
...Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some show their gaily-gilded trim To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and...they began. Alike the busy and the gay But flutter through life's little day, In fortune's varying colours dressed : Brushed by the hand of rough Mischance,... | |
 | 1909 - 448 lehte
...something or you wouldn't be there,' and so I bring 'em all in guilty " :— To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man ; And they that creep, and they that fly Shall end where they began. Bearing on short reckonings, it is said that the following notice is posted in an hotel in Montana.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1909 - 168 lehte
...fkim, Some fliew their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun f. To Contemplation's fober eye J Such is the race of Man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. " Nare per zftatem liquidamVtrgil, Gcorg. lib. 4. t fporting with quick glance Shew to the fun their... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1910 - 720 lehte
...sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that flj Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay But nutter thro' life's little day, In fortune's varying colors drest: Brushed by the hand of rough mis'... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1911 - 784 lehte
...bless'd, who ne'er was born. 8358 Prior: Solomon. Bk. iii. Line 240. To contemplation's sober eye, Such is the race of man ; And they that creep, and...they began, Alike the busy and the gay, But flutter through life's little day. 3359 Gray : Ode. On the 8pring. St. 4. Like bubbles on the sea of matter... | |
 | Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - 784 lehte
...bless'd, who ne'er was born. 3358 Prior : Solomon. Bk. iii. Line 240. To contemplation's sober eye, Such is the race of man ; And they that creep, and...where they began, Alike the busy and the gay, But nutter through life's little day. 3359 Gray : Ode. On the Spring. St. 4. Like bubbles on the sea of... | |
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To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay But flutter thro... 
