 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
 | Henry Phillips - 1823 - 358 pagina’s
...inhaling these dangerous particles. The foliage of the ash tree changes to a lemon colour in October. " 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... | |
 | Maria Hack - 1824 - 412 pagina’s
...point of death: two rival brothers again advance their claims to the throne about to become vacant. " 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 •." The leaves of the returning spring, resemble those... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pagina’s
...fall, remind us of the following lines of Pope's Homer, of which Johnson used to be very fond • — 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 passed away. Table of the Mean Equation of Time. M. s. October 1st, from... | |
 | George Wentworth - 1824 - 378 pagina’s
...these walls supplied, Deserted by the muse when her sweet Shakspeare died. THE STATE OF MEN COMPARED. Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with' ring on the ground ; Another race the coming spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive... | |
 | Benjamin Maund - 1824 - 260 pagina’s
...yearly leaves, that now with beauty crown'd, Smile on the sun ; now, wither on the ground." Again — "Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise." Our present fugitive-flowered little shrub is very ornamental, and bears ordinary winters without protection.... | |
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...the falling leaf rustling in the autumnal blast, which speaks to us affectingly of our mortality : " Like leaves on trees, the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground." Remember, then, to WHOM you belong, your Creator — "the Lord thy God." Is he thine? Are you not only... | |
 | 1826 - 738 pagina’s
...each revolving age. Magilligan, Aug. 12. J. GRAHAM. AN EPISTLE TO A FRIEND IN THE CODNTY OF LIMERICK. "Like leaves on trees the race of man is found ; Now...withering on the ground; Another race the following race supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise. So generations in their course decay ; Scrfiaurish... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pagina’s
...death. What, or from whence I am, or who my sire (Replied the chief), can Tydeus' non inquire ? ISO Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the groin n/ Another race the following spring supplies ; They* fall successive, and successive rise :... | |
 | William Jones, William Stevens - 1826 - 506 pagina’s
...ircp -;.u.\.\t-)i> ycvcri, TOirl^c Kai avdpuv. *u\Xa ra ficv r ayc/^os xapaSif xcci. H<m, II. (. 146. Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground. Pone's Homer, b. vi. 1. 181. 13 How sublime and affecting is that reflection... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 892 pagina’s
...on, told her " to put it nil'; that a woman might be covered in a church, but not when arraigned in a Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground. The four crotcned Brother*, Martyrs, AD 304. St. inUehad, Bp. AD 787. St.... | |
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