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" To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. "
The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by ... - Page 186
by English poets - 1790
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The Bee: Or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Volume 17

James Anderson - Scotland - 1793 - 386 pages
...fkirn, Some fliew their gaily gilded trim, Quick glancing to the sun. ' To contemplation's sober eye, Such is the race of man : And they that creep and...they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay, But flutter thro' life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drest : Brufli'd...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 10

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1036 pages
...Miltex't Paradife Loft. Boot vii \* While inledbfrom the thre(holdprfach,&c." A/. Greta, iii the Grotto. And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the buiy and the gay But flutter through life's little day. In fortune's varyi'ig colours dreft : Brufli...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for ...

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...current (kirn, Some (hew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-gbncing to the Sin. To Contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man ; And they that creep, and they that fly, bhall end where they began. Alike the bul'y and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day. In fortune's...
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Poésies de Gray

Thomas Gray - 1797 - 188 pages
...Some fhcw their gayly gilded trim, Qoik glancing to the fun. t 3 d To Contemplation's foher eye, I Such is the race of man, : And they that creep and they that fly Shall end where they began. S ew to the fun tUixivav'd coats di opt with gold. * Nareper aftatcm liquidam. Virg. Geor. 1. 4•f...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: With the Life of the Author

Thomas Gray - Elegiac poetry, English - 1798 - 130 pages
...Some mew their gayly-gilded trim, Quick-glancing to the fun. f 3*, To contemplation's fober eye, t Such is the race of man, And they that creep and they that ft/ Shall end where they began. Alike the bufy and the gay 3 J\ But ftutter thro' life's little day,...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages ...

Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun (c). To Contemplation's sober eye (d) Such is the race of Man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. (b) And float amid the ltquid noon. Nare per aestatem liquidam Virgil Georg. lib. 4. (c ) Quick glancing...
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Moore. Cawthorne. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Mallet. Akenside. Gray ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 512 pages
...Green, in the Grotto. v I>cdfky4 Mücdlänics, vol, vp 161. And they that creip, and they that fijr. Shall end where they began. Alike the Bufy and the...Varying colours dreft : Brufh'd by the hand of rough Mifchancf, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave, in duft to reft. Methinks I hear in accents...
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The Poetical Works: Of Thomas Gray, ... with Some Account of His Life and ...

Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun (c). To Contemplation's sober eye (d) Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. (b) And float amid the liquid noon. Nare per aestttem liquidam Virgil Georg. lib. 4. (c) Quick glancing...
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Moore. Cawthorne. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Mallet. Akenside. Gray ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 512 pages
...irfe8t /rum the t'orißxJil preach, И"«." M. Green, in the Grotto. I>odCey*t MifceUiukf, ToLr. p.iOi. And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the ВиГу and the Gay But flutter through life's little day. In Fortune's varying colours dreft : Brufli'd...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 7

Great Britain - 1804 - 508 pages
...¡nfeliifr<,m the tbrrfculJ freact, №." M. Green, in the Grotto. Podfley's Uifcellanics, vol. vp 161. And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end...varying colours dreft : Brufh'd by the hand of rough Mifchacce, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave, in duft to reft. Methinks I hear in accents...
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