| Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1843 - 434 pages
...give a few easy lines from King, with a good moral. " Like to the falling of a star, Or as the nights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue,...silver drops of morning dew ; Or like a wind that chnfes the blood. Or bubbles which on water stood — E'en such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 490 pages
...II Penseroso.' " Hence, vain deluding joys, The brood of folly without father bred! But hail, thou Goddess, sage and holy, Hail, divinest melancholy,...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : E'en such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in and paid to-night: — The wind blows... | |
| 1866 - 824 pages
...shows us worlds of light We could not see by day. SUCH IS ЫГЕ. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or a* the flights of eagles are ; Or like the fresh spring's...bubbles which on water stood ; Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out, the bubble die* : TJS... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 670 pages
...similes, as apposite as they are light and elegant : " Like to the falling of a star, Or as the nights of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue,...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : E'en such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in and paid to-night : — The wind blows... | |
| John Lauris Blake - History - 1846 - 296 pages
...me, I have a mind free from self-reproach, and I have an honest fame." LESSON SIXTEENTH. So w Life. Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...bubbles which on water stood — Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to-night. The winds blow out, the bubble dies; The spring... | |
| William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 372 pages
...bright : Unaiming charms with edge resistless fall, And she, who meant no mischief, does it all. XCVI. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood ; E'en such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in and paid to-night. The wind blows out,... | |
| William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 342 pages
...bright : Unaiming charms with edge resistless fall, And she, who meant no mischief, does it all. xcvi. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of...chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood ; E'en such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in and paid to-night. The wind blows out,... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...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 of...morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or hubbies which on water stood, — Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and... | |
| 1846 - 404 pages
...of venom. — From Essays m Natural .Hi's» tory, by Charles Watertm, Esq. POETRY. THE LIFE OF MAN. 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 cal I'd in and paid... | |
| Protestantism - 1846 - 644 pages
...while the soul had gone to its everlasting rest. — Todd's Simple Stdcka. LIFE. LIKE to the fulling a which'on water stood — Even such is man, whose borrow'd light Is straight call'd in, and paid to-night.... | |
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