 To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.  Poems. By Mr. Gray - Side 45av Thomas Gray - 1790 - 178 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1874 - 588 sider
...armchair for a philosophical gentleman who muses on the vanity of life: " To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man. And they that creep and they that fly, Shall end where they began." Fortune dresses them in varying colours, and the hand of rough Mischance brushes them. With what delight... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1755 - 348 sider
...eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, arid they that fly, Shall end whelre they began. f Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day, Jn fortune's varying colours drefs'4 : Brulh'd by the hand; of mngh raifchaHce, Or chill'd by age,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 344 sider
...current fkim, Some mew their gayly gilded trim Quick glancing to the fun. IV. To contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep,...thro' life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drefs'd : Brufh'd by -the hand of rough mifchancs, Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave,... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 420 sider
...current fkim, Some fhew their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun. IV. To Contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep,...they began. Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter through life's little day, • N In fortune's varying colours drefs'd : Brufh'd by the hand of rough... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 410 sider
...current fkim, Some mew their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun. IV. To Contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep,...Shall end where they began. Alike the bufy and the gay gut flutter through life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drefs'd : Brufh'd by the hand of... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 142 sider
...fkim, Some mew their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun-f-. To Contemplation's fober eye J Such is the race of Man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. * " Nare per seflntcm liquidam " Virgil. Gcorg. lit. 4. •f- "• fporting with quick glance Shew... | |
 | John Bascroft - 1770 - 374 sider
...Current ikim, Some fhew their gayly-gilde'd Trim Quick-glancing to the Sun. IV. To Contemplation's fober Eye Such is the Race of Man : And they that creep,...they began. Alike the Bufy and the Gay But flutter through Life's little Day, In Fortune's varying Colours drefs'd : Brufh'd by the Hand of rough Mifchance,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1770 - 402 sider
...current (kim, Some fhew their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun. IV. To Contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man: And they that creep,...they began. Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter through life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drefs'd: Brufh'd by the hand of rough mifchance,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1770 - 136 sider
...Some fliew their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun c. • To Contemplation's fober eye d Such is the race of Man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. b " Nare per xftatem liquidam — " Virgil. Cnrg. lit. iv. . — fporting with quick glance ii.htvv... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1775 - 542 sider
...current fkim, Some fhew their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun. To Contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of Man : And they that creep,...dreft : Brufh'd by the hand of rough Mifchance, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave, in duft to reft. Methinks I hear in accents low The fportive... | |
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