 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 Works of William Cowper: His Life and Letters - Pagina 299door William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1816 - 1004 pagina’s
...our times, we find a passage which the fine genius of Pope has thus clothed in an English dress. ** Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now...successive rise ; So generations in their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away." HOMER'S ILIAD. An ancient Jewish writer has the same thought,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 304 pagina’s
...of death. ' 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...successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away. But if thou still persist to search my birth, Then hear... | |
 | Thomas Gosden - 1822 - 80 pagina’s
...quick 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...successive rise; So generations in their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away. POPE'S HOMER. This loss of verdure, together with the shortened... | |
 | Homerus - 1822 - 320 pagina’s
...of dealh. " 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...successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away. But if thou still persist to search my birth, Then hear... | |
 | Rev. W. Hutton - 1822 - 306 pagina’s
...comparison for the fugitive generation of men.: — " Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Kow green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another...successive rise; So generations in their course decay, So flourish tliese when those are passed away !" The loss of verdure, together with the shortened .days,... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1822 - 692 pagina’s
...vice thsit does the soul debase, For vice is hell, and virtue peace, Then take, whic.h you prefejr. " Like leaves on trees, the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; They fall successive, and successive rise. Another race the following spring supplies, So flourish.... | |
 | 1822 - 722 pagina’s
...Homer are the following lines (I quote from memory, and may not be exactly correct) : " Like leaves of trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; The following spring another race supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise." In the Apocryphal... | |
 | Morgan Williams - 1822 - 728 pagina’s
...bless our dying breath ; Ob, Reader ! then iu Christ believe, Who every blessing else will give. IX. 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... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1823 - 816 pagina’s
...following lines : Like leaves on trees the race of men is found, Now green in eartli now withering <jn the ground, Another race the following spring supplies;...successive rise : So generations in their course decay, So flourish these when those are past away. POPE'S HOMER. Religion seems to overthrow every thing that... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pagina’s
...beings. Like leaves on trees the life of man is found, Now green in youth, now wfth'ring on the ground 5 Another race the following spring supplies, They fall...rise -. So generations in their course decay ; So flourish these, when those have past away30 THE AMERICAN [/,««<m 3, Time never returns. Mark how... | |
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