 | John Bell - 1807 - 472 lehte
...son inquire? 180 * Lake leaves on trees the race of man is found, 1 Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground; « Another race the following spring...successive rise; ' So generations in their course decay, 185 f So flourish these, when those are pass'd away. ' But if thou still persist to search my hirth,... | |
 | Homerus - 1808 - 574 lehte
...death. What, or from whence I am, or who my sire, ( Reply id the chief) can Tydens' son enquire ? 180 Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now...successive rise : So generations in their course decay; [185 So flourish these, when those are past away. But if thou still persist to search my hirth, Then... | |
 | Poetry - 1804 - 184 lehte
...tender blighted plant fhrinks up its leaves, and dies. . LORD LYTTEtTON. I THE, GENERATIONS OF MAN. i LIKE leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground.. C Ana. her 6z Th Another race the following fpring fupplies, They fall fucceflive,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 lehte
...Death." '' What, or from whence I am. or who my sire," (Reply'd the chief) " can Tydeus' son inquire? Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now...successive rise : So generations in their course decay ; So nourish these, when those are past away. But if thou still persist to search my birth, Then hear a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 lehte
...(Rrplv'd the chief) " can Tydcus' son inquire? Liku leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now groen in youth, now withering on the ground Another race...their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pajt away. But if thou still persist to search my birth. Then hear a tale that fills the spacious... | |
 | William Jones - 1810 - 502 lehte
...QvMjn ytrtv, ToiiiJa x.eu avJpWf. iJii.M« to, i'.tt f'anfiat %a[>.z<i,<; j^tn. Horn. II. £. 146. Like leaves on trees the race of man. is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground. Pope's Homer, b. 6. 1. 181. How sublime and affecting is that reflection in the book of Job — " Man... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 490 lehte
...fever, a second of a consumption, a third of old age, a fourth in the field of battle, and a fifth by * Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies : They fall successive, and successive... | |
 | Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1811 - 236 lehte
...set him free from grief or fear. Such is that of the poet : " Like leaves on trees the race of man-is found, " Now green in youth, now withering on the...Another race the following spring supplies, " They tall successive, and successive rise." foes/ .• Your children are but leaves-, and those gentlemen... | |
 | 1812 - 640 lehte
...tie ignoble ruin of a great Name. Like Leave* on Trees the Race of Man is found, Now ,:•••!! in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, Tlicy fall successive and successive rise, — So Generations each to each give way, By turns they... | |
 | 1813 - 350 lehte
...of death. ' What, or from whence I am, or who my sire, (Replied the chief) can Tydeus' son inquire ? Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now...their course decay ; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away. But if thou still persist to search my hirth, Then hear a tale that fills the spacious... | |
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Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those... 
