 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
 | Jacob Lowres - 1862 - 192 pages
...Should boast no gentler brightness than the glare That reddens in the eyeball of the wolf.—Mason. They that creep and they that fly Shall end where they began. —Gray. Cease to lament for that thou canst not help, THE ADVERBIAL SENTENCE. The adverbial sentence... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - Quotations, English - 1897 - 526 pages
...prudes are six times marry'd." PRIOR. The Turtle and the Sparrow, line 432. 4' To contemplation's sober eye, Such is the race of man, And they that creep and they that fly, Shall end where they began." GRAY. Ode to the Spring. " To converse with historians is to keep good company." LORD BOLINQBROKE.... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 560 pages
...noon: Some lightly o'er the current skim, Some show their gayly-gilded trim To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep,...they that fly Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay But nutter thro' life's little day, In Fortune's varying colors drest: Brushed by... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1898 - 346 pages
...gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the -.ln To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man i And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the llnsy and the Gay But flutter thro' life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drest i Urush'd... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1899 - 260 pages
...awkwardly transposed. The best stanza, without doubt, is the penultimate: " 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 through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours drest : Brush'd... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - Quotations, English - 1908 - 582 pages
...prudes are six times marry'd." PRIOR. The Turtle and the Sparrow, line 432. " To contemplation's sober eye, Such is the race of man, And they that creep and they that fly, Shall end where they began." GRAY. Ode to the Spring. " To converse with historians is to keep good company." LORD BOLINQBKOKE.... | |
 | 1900 - 674 pages
...awkwardly transposed. The best stanza, without doubt, is the penultimate:— To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man : And they that creep...they that fly Shall end where they began. Alike the Bnsy and the Gay But flatter through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours drest: Brush'd... | |
 | R. McWilliam - English literature - 1900 - 834 pages
...after describing the gay insects glancing in the bright sunbeams, he says: To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep,...they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the Busy and the Gay But flutter through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours dress'd: Brushed... | |
 | Robert McWilliam - English literature - 1900 - 644 pages
...after describing the gay insects glancing in the bright sunbeams, he says: To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man : And they that creep,...they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the Busy and the Gay But flutter through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours dress'd: Brushed... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1901 - 248 pages
...awkwardly transposed. The best stanza, without doubt, is the penultimate : " To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep...they that fly Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay But flutter through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours drest : Brush'd... | |
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