| Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1755 - 348 pages
...gayly gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun. IV. To contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end...they began. Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drefs'd : Brufb'd by the hand of rough mifchance,... | |
| Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 344 pages
...gayly gilded trim Quick glancing to the fan. F/. To contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end...they began. Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drefs'd : Brufh'd by .the hand of rough mifchance,... | |
| Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1765 - 410 pages
...gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun. IV. To Contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, 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... | |
| Collection - 1766 - 356 pages
...gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun. IV. To Contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end...through life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drefs'd : Brufh'd by the hand of rough mifchance, Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave, in... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1768 - 200 pages
...book 7. i4 ODE ON THE SPRING. '• .- • To Contemplation's fober eye * Such is the race of Man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the Bufyjand the Gay But flutter thro' life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours dreft : Brulh'd... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1768 - 142 pages
...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... | |
| Thomas Gray - Cats - 1768 - 140 pages
...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. t " Nare per xftatem liquidam " Virgil, Georg. Kb. 4. fporting with quick glance Shew to the fun their... | |
| Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1775 - 552 pages
...gaily-gilded tritti Quick-glancing to the Ion, ' To Contemplation's 1'ober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the bnfy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day, in fortune's varying colours dreft: Bnifh'd by... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1778 - 182 pages
...gold. Milton's Paradifc Loft, kod 7, Da To To Contemplation's fober eye * Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end...they began. Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours dreft : Brufh'd by the hand of rough Mifchancc,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 456 pages
...gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun f. To contemplation's fober eye ^ Such is the race of Man i And they that creep, and they that fly,. Shall end...they began. Alike the Bufy and the Gay But flutter fhrough life's little day. In Fortune's varying colours drefti Brum'd by the hand of rough Mifchance,... | |
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