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 rise; So Generations in their Course decay, So flourish these, when those... The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp]. - Página 311editado por - 1857Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George Crabbe - 1840 - 360 páginas
...vows to seal, Ere I again, or one like me, explore These simple Annals of the VILLAGE POOR. (-) (1) [" Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground," &c. — POPE'S Homer.] (S) [" On the whole, the Parish Register deserves very superior commendation,... | |
| Edward Bevan - 1843 - 140 páginas
...expect to unlock this curious arcanum in natural history." " Like leaves on trees the race ' of bees' is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the spring' or fall' supplies, They droop successive and successive rise." The several members of a hive... | |
| Elbridge Gerry Paige - 1845 - 182 páginas
...yourselves and for the mass in the end. Verily it is so. So mote it be! THE MORTALITY OP MAN. TEXT. — Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now stithering on the ground. MY HEARERS — man is composed olas perishable material as the mushroom that... | |
| O'Gorman, Henry Corbet - 1845 - 626 páginas
...be swept off some fine day and this pretty little globe peopled with a different race of beings. " Like leaves on trees, the race of man is found, Now green on high, now withering on the gronnd ; Another race the following spring supplies, Now fall successive,... | |
| 1846 - 544 páginas
...succession of springing and falling leaves, an apt comparison for the fugitive races of men: — " Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now witheriug on the ground. Another race the following spring supplies ; They fall successive, and successive... | |
| Richard Hiley - 1846 - 330 páginas
...also industrious." Atone time—at another time, are sometimes elegantly expressed by now—now; as, " Like leaves on trees, the race of man is found, Now green in youth, note withering on the ground." Here—there ; as, " Here plenty, there want." In one place—in another... | |
| George Crabbe - 1847 - 618 páginas
...Such was the doctrine our young prophet taught ; 4 And here conviction, there confusion wrought ; [" Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground," &c. POPE'S Homer.} [" On the whole, the Parish Register deserves very sii•rior commendation, as well... | |
| 1847 - 312 páginas
...is like the passing flower, That springs | to fall, and blossoms | but to die." Heroic Verse: — " Like leaves on trees | the race of man | is found...| green in youth, now | withering on the ground." Octosyllabic Verse: — " The spacious firmament | on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth - 1848 - 336 páginas
...appear to have presented an obvious lesson, known and read of all men. The pagan Homer could tell us — Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground. Holy scripture abounds with sublime and touching allusions to the same affecting memento of life's... | |
| 1848 - 310 páginas
...| is like the passing flower, That springs | to fall, and blossoms | but to die!" Heroic Verse: — "Like leaves on trees | the race of man | is found...| green in youth, now | withering on the ground." Octosyllabic Verse: — " The spacious firmament | on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled... | |
| |