 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 páginas
...so hot, That it doth singe yourself. Succession of Human Beings. 5. Like leaves on trees, the life of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering...their course decay; So flourish these, when those have passed away. The Acquisition of Knowledge. 0. As up the tower of knowledge slow we rise, How wide... | |
 | 1846 - 544 páginas
...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...; So flourish these, when those are passed away." POPE'S HOMER. This loss of verdure, together with the shortened days, the diminished warmth, and frequent... | |
 | Thomas Edward Eden - 1846 - 152 páginas
...existence, the propagation of their species, their carcases will become available for man's use. " Another race the following spring supplies ; They...their course decay ; So flourish these, when those have passed away." By referring to the account given in this work of their natural history, the reader... | |
 | 1847 - 490 páginas
...descend, And mournful breezes whisper through the grove." These are mementoes of our own mortality : " Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now...their course decay ; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away." And most impressively is it said by the prophet : " We all do fade as a leaf." The woods... | |
 | William Peter - 1847 - 562 páginas
...which, when her fury burns, Proud tyrants humbles and whoie hosts o'erturns. Book VI. THE BACE Or MAN. LIKE leaves on trees the Race of Man is found; Now...their course decay, So flourish these, when those have pass'd away. From Hippolochus I came, The honour'd author of my birth and name; By his decree... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1857 - 1022 páginas
...breath of air, and strew the country walks and ways, giving occasion for the poetic moralist to say— " Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now...their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away." Now the bees have finished their work of collecting sweets, and their hives must be well... | |
 | Homer - 1849 - 582 páginas
...death." " What, or from whence I am, or who my sire," Replied the chief, "can Tydeus' son inquire? 180 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 birth, Then hear a tale that fills the spacious... | |
 | Richard Buxton - 1849 - 200 páginas
...them. These contractions are often so sudden as to throw the object out of the field of view. W. 979" Like leaves on trees, the race of man is found, Now...generations in their course decay ; So flourish these, when flrese are passed away." POPE'S "Homer." MTJSCL* DIVISION I. SCHISTOCABPI. 1. ANDREA. l.'A. RUPESTRis.... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1849 - 650 páginas
...О/*: IX. Z. Иб. " Like leaves on trees the race of men are found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground, Another race, the following spring...their course decay, So flourish these, when those have passed away.'1 We hope to be forgiven for making this digression : but to return : — Besides... | |
 | 1849 - 654 páginas
...Op: IX. Z. 146. " Like leaves on trees the race of men lire found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground, Another race, the following spring...their course decay, So flourish these, when those huve passed away." We hope to be forgiven for making this digression : but to return : — Besides... | |
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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... 
