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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... "
Anthologia oxoniensis - Page 162
redigeeritud poolt - 1846 - 306 lehte
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The Malta penny magazine

536 lehte
...figure, and the clock is, as it were, wound up. Ko. J THIS IS LIFE. Like to the falling of a star, От as the flights of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out,...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 45. köide

1839 - 894 lehte
...man's life as a loan of money called in and paid up on a very short notice. THE LIFE OF MAN. • ' Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morniug dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood — E'en such is...
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The Life of the Rev. Philip Henry, A.M.

Matthew Henry - 1839 - 414 lehte
...laved in chilj-btarino, if they contii tfl failh, ала charity, and holinfse, with tobriety. 1 " Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are • am old, but I never yet saw it in vain to teek God, and to hope in him. At another time he thus...
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The Literary world, conducted by J. Timbs, 3. köide

John Timbs - 1840 - 430 lehte
...the law was approved, he was set at liberty, but if not he was immediately strangled. This is Life. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood ; Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to night. The wind blows out,...
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Selections from the British Poets, 1. köide

Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 lehte
...folly, Thou dost teach me to contemn What makes knaves and fools of them. DR. HENRY KING. 1591-1669. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew ; Or like the wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Ev'n such is man, whose borrow'd...
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The Poet's Tribute: Poems

William Bingham Tappan - 1840 - 344 lehte
...Jesus' feet. Think, mother ! while sweet tears are shed, How blessed are the Early Dead ! WHAT IS MAN? Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are ; Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood ; Even such is man. — Henry King. I...
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The Poet's Tribute: Poems

William Bingham Tappan - 1840 - 346 lehte
...Where children cast their honors down; Where elders and apostles meet At Jesus' feet. WHAT IS MAN? Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are ; Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood ; Even such is man— Henry King. I COURT...
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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and ...

Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 lehte
...elegance and even a tenderness, which entitle them to more attention than they now obtain.] SIC VITA. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...chafes the flood, Or 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,...
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Gems of sacred poetry [ed. by R. Cattermole?].

Gems - 1841 - 624 lehte
...last, Those never clouded, nor that overcast. SiC VITA. LIKB to the falling of a star. Or as the flight of eagles are, Or like the fresh Spring's gaudy hue....chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to night. The wind blows out,...
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The Familiar Astrologer: and Easy Guide to Fate, Destiny, and Foreknowledge

Raphael - 1841 - 782 lehte
...1805, Oh. 30m. rH DtfC i» March, 1829. Like lo the falling of a star, Or as the (light of eagles arc ; Or like the fresh Spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew ; Or like a wind that chafes Ihc flood, Or bubbles which on water stood. 538 E'en such is man — whose borrow "d light Is straight...
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