 their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun d . 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 But flutter through life's little day, In...  A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes - Page 275edited by - 1782Full view - About this book
 | Books - 1787 - 672 pages
...ìhcjìmile and üiefubjeä — that the whole compala of poetry, ancient and modern, can produce. ' To Contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man : And they that crtep, and they ihztjly, Shall end where they began. Mma Alike Wakefield'j Editim of Graj't Poemi.... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 372 pages
...Some lightly o'er the current (kim, Some fhew their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun t. To contemplation's fober eye + Such is the race of...through life's little day. In Fortune's varying colours dreft : Brufh'd by the hand of rough Mifchance, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave in duft... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...flum, And float amid the liquid noon : Some fliew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun. To Contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man...they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the buiy and the pay But uuucr ttuo' Do. % In foi tube's varying colours dreft: Brufli'd by the hand of... | |
 | James Anderson - Scotland - 1793 - 386 pages
...mischance, Or chill'd by age their airy dance, They leave, in dust to rest.* ' To contemplation's sober eye, Such is the race of man: And they that creep and they that fly, Shall end where they began. % These, (nephew !) with other charming lines of the excellent GHAT, were sent inclosed in a letter... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Elegiac poetry, English - 1798 - 130 pages
...are the proud, How indigent the great. 40 'd with lufci Sbait. MU. To contemplation's fober eye, f Such is the race of man, And they that creep and they...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 Mifch: Or... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun (c). b Contemplation's sober eye (d) Such is the race of Man: .nd they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. (b) And float amid the liquid noon. Nare per aestatem liquidam Virgil Georg. lib. 4. (c) Quiet glancing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 512 pages
...Grccr, in thè Grotto. - Bodfley's MHtellanics, voi, vp 16.I. And they that creip, and they that ¡By, Shall end where they began. Alike the Bufy and the...through life's little day. In Fortune's Varying colours dreft : Brufh'd by the hand of rough Mifchancc, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dince They kave, in duft... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 512 pages
...тоЬт. p. l6j. And they that creep, and they thït flr, Shall end where they began. Alike the Bufy ami the Gay But flutter through life's little day. In Fortune's varying colours dreft : Brufli'd by the hand of rough Mifchance, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave, in... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 508 pages
...¡nfeliifr<,m the tbrrfculJ freact, №." M. Green, in the Grotto. Podfley's Uifcellanics, vol. vp 161. GRAT. And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end...through life's little day. In Fortune's varying colours dreft : Brufh'd by the hand of rough Mifchacce, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave, in... | |
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