 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...  The Caxtons - 78. oldalszerző: Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1854Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Poetry - 1804 - 184 oldal
...blighted plant fhrinks up its leaves, and dies. . LORD LYTTEtTON. I THE, GENERATIONS OF MAN. i LIKE leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground.. C Ana. her 6z Th Another race the following fpring fupplies, They fall fucceflive,... | |
 | William Jones - 1810 - 502 oldal
...ytrtv, ToiiiJa x.eu avJpWf. iJii.M« to, i'.tt f'anfiat %a[>.z<i,<; j^tn. Horn. II. £. 146. Like leaves on trees the race of man. is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground. Pope's Homer, b. 6. 1. 181. How sublime and affecting is that reflection in the book of Job — " Man... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 770 oldal
...What, or from whence I am, or who my sire," (Rtply'd the chief) " can Tydeus* son inquire? 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... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 490 oldal
...of a consumption, a third of old age, a fourth in the field of battle, and a fifth by * 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... | |
 | 1813 - 352 oldal
...What, or from whence I am, or who my sire, (Replied the chief) can Tydeus' son inquire ? 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... | |
 | George Miller - 1813 - 638 oldal
...happy, and always returns home Kof every uneasy sensation. Natural appearances in November. Like1 leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green' in youth, now with'ririg on the ground: Another race the following spring supplies.; They fall successive, and successive... | |
 | Firdawsī - 1814 - 316 oldal
...this is ROOSTUM whom iny eyes engage ! 1123 " Shall I, O grief! provoke my Father's rage ? Like Uares 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... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1848 - 494 oldal
...have rendered the verses in which they speak of them ' household words' for all time ! a ' Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground ; Another race the following eprlng supplies, They fall suecessive, and suecessive... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 oldal
...canst not see^ i All discord, harmony, not understood; . All partial evil, universal good. 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... | |
 | 1816 - 300 oldal
...suggests to the reflecting mind an apt comparison for the fugitive generations of men ; " Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, . Now green in youth, DOW withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and... | |
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