 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 496 pages
...death. What, or from whence I am, or v»no my fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon enquire ? i So Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now...withering on the ground; Another race the following fpring fiipplies j They fall fucceffive, and fucceflive rife: So generations in their courfe decay; 185 So... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 496 pages
...death. What, or from whence I am, or v»no my fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon enquire ? i So Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; So flourifli thefe, wrier, thofe are part. away. But if thou ftill perfift to fearch my birth, Then... | |
 | William Jones - Theology - 1801 - 478 pages
...others succeed, " so," saith an ancient poet, " are the gene" rations of men*." to. Horn. II. f. 146. Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground. Pope's Homer, b. 6. 1. 18 1. C 3 HOW How sublime and affecting is that reflection... | |
 | European literature - 1800 - 704 pages
...Achilles and Atrides strove, Such was the sov'relgn doom, and such the will of Jotp. II. VI. v. 180—186. Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground j Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive... | |
 | Readers - 1803 - 250 pages
...In hollow wood they floating armies bear ; And force imprifon'd winds to bring 'em near.—Dryden. LIKE leaves on trees, the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground, Another race the foll'wing fpring fupplics; They fall fucctffive, and fucceffive... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 492 pages
...death. What, or fro'n whence I am, or who my fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon enquire ? 180 Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now...Another race the following fpring fupplies ; They fall fucceffi ve, and fucceffive rife : So generations in their courfe decay; 185 So flourifh thefe, when... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 496 pages
...thou ait, too prodigal of breath, Approach, and enter the dark gates of death. What, or from whence I am, or who my fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon enquire? 180 Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...tender blighted plant shrinks up its leaves, and dies. 1ORD LYTTEVTON. THE GENERATIONS OF MAN. LIKK leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground; c Another 62 The Wolves. . Another race the following spring supplies, They... | |
 | Homerus - 1807 - 568 pages
...death. What, or from -whence I am, or who my sire (Reply'd the chief), can Tydens' son inquire? ISO Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now...withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies ; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay ;... | |
 | Homerus - 1808 - 574 pages
...death. What, or from whence I am, or who my sire, ( Reply id the chief) can Tydens' son enquire ? 180 Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now...withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay;... | |
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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... 
