 | 1870 - 462 lehte
...grass that's newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun, Or like the bird that's here to day, 15 Or like the pearled dew of May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan—• E'en such is man; who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life, and death.... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1870 - 496 lehte
...newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun, Or like the bird that's here to-day, Or like the pearlM dew of May, . Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan, — E'en such is man, who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 lehte
...! Like to the grass that's newly sprung. Or like a tale that 's new begun, Or like the bird that 's raise, Where, through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, singing of a swan, — E'en such is man ; — who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and... | |
 | Abraham Lansing - 1873 - 634 lehte
...remember that— " 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 an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan,— E'en such is man;—who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death.... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - 408 lehte
...man — he 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 an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan, E'en such is man ; who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death. —... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1876 - 486 lehte
...— he dies. 2 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 an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan, — E'en such is man, who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death.... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 386 lehte
...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 an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan; Even such is man, who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death. The... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 lehte
...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 an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan, — E'en such is man ; — who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and... | |
 | Frederick Edward Hulme - 1877 - 270 lehte
...man he 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 an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan, E'en such is man, who lives by breath ; Is here, now there, is life and death. The... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1877 - 424 lehte
...consumes,—the man he 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 an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan, E'en such is man;—who lives by breath, Now here, now there, in life and death.—.... | |
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Even such is man; who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life, and death. The grass withers, the tale is ended; The bird is flown, the dew's ascended; The hour is short, the span not long; The swan's near death; man's life is done. 
