 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1849 - 578 pages
...breath, And leaves no epilogue but death. sic VITA. LIKK 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,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1874 - 714 pages
...imitations of a poem called Life by Henry King, Bishop of Chichester (15911669), commencing :— " Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are," &c.] PECULIAR TREATMENT OF SOME WORDS IN PASSING FROM ONE LANGUAGE то ANOTHER (5th S. i. 247 ; ii.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...the year, And thy example others make In love with sorrow for thy sake. Sic Tito. Like to the fallins ll murder thee. Rom. Alack 1 oall'd in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out, the bubble dies ; The spring cntomb'd in autumn lies... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1850 - 842 pages
...SIC VITA. Like to the falhng of a star. Or as the flight of eagles are ; Or like the fresh springs gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew ; Or like...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood ; Even such is man, whose borrowed igat Is straight-called in and paid to nijjht The wind blows out,... | |
 | English poetry - 1851 - 496 pages
...or this, That hurtful is, Deny thy suppliant. HENEY KING. BORN, 1591; DIED, 16«9. THE LIFE OF MAN. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...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, the bubble dies ; The... | |
 | 1851 - 746 pages
...be brought With thee to spend eternity, And sing the song of Jubilee. Liverpool. CESTRIAN. , 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;... | |
 | Christian poets - Christian poetry, English - 1851 - 470 pages
...blow. " OUR LIFE IS EVEN AS A VAPOUR! WHICH APPEARETH FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND THEN VAMSHKTH AWAY." LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...morning dew ; Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubble which on water stood, E'en such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight called in and paid... | |
 | Augustus Charles Thompson - Death - 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...Prolong my winter all the year, And thy example others make lu lore 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 of morning dew ; Or like a wind that chafes... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...eaglet keen, shoots into azure far, And, always dwelling nigh, is the remotest star. LIFE. — Henry King. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights...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... | |
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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... 
