 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 610 sider
...as the mornIng, and full vf ith the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath bad forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its...retirements, it began to put on darkness, and to decline to noftness and the symptoms of a sickly age ; It bowed the head, and broke its stalk ; and at night,... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 588 sider
...breath bad forced open its virgin modeety, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirement», it began to put on darkness, and to decline to softness and the Symptoms of a sickly age; it bow«! the head, and broke its eulk ; and at night, having lost some of its leaves, and all its beauty.... | |
 | 1861 - 552 sider
...was fair as the morning, and full with the dew of heaven as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled...fell into the portion of weeds and outworn faces. * • * « • [Shall I not quote further than my need requires of this striking passage ;] A man may... | |
 | Walter Baxendale - 1888 - 708 sider
...was fair as the morning and full with the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece ; but when a rude blast had forced open its virgin modesty and dismantled...its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and worn-out faces. > The same is the] portion of every man and every woman. — Jeremy Taylor. 3368. LIFE,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1890 - 582 sider
...fair as the morning, and full with the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled...symptoms of a sickly age ; it bowed the head and broke the stalk, and at night, having lost some of its leaves and all its beauty, it fell into the portion... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1890 - 320 sider
...fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthiul and unripe retirements, it began to put on darkness...of a sickly age ; it bowed the head and broke its stock; and at night, having lost some of its leaves and all its beauty, it fell into the portion of... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 sider
...was fair as the morning, and full with the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dIsmantled...fell into the portion of weeds and out-worn faces. The same is the por. tion of every man and every woman; the heritage of worms and serpents, rottenness... | |
 | William Minto - 1892 - 582 sider
...was fair as the morning, and full with the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece : but when a rude breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled...stalk, and at night, having lost some of its leaves nnd all its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and outworn faces. The same is the portion of... | |
 | Alexander Ireland - 1892 - 16 sider
...fair as the morning, and full with the dew of heaven as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements...and broke its stalk, and at night, having lost some ot its leaves and all its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and outworn faces." Are not writers... | |
 | William Minto - 1892 - 584 sider
...was fair as the morning, and full with the dew of heaven, as a Limb's fleece : but when a rude breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled...too youthful and unripe retirements, it began to put un darkness, and to decline to softness and the symptoms of a sickly age ; it bowed the head, and broke... | |
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... burial, and we shall perceive the distance to be very great and very strange. But so have I seen a rose newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and, at first, it was fair as the morning, and full with the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece ; but... 
