 | Lafcadio Hearn - English literature - 1921 - 328 pages
...current skim, Some show their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. 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 dressed : Brushed... | |
 | Lafcadio Hearn - English literature - 1921 - 328 pages
...current skim, Some show their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. 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 dressed: Brushed... | |
 | Algernon de Vivier Tassin - English literature - 1923 - 431 pages
...current skim, Some show their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. 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 thro' life's little day. In Fortune's varying colours drest: Brush'd by... | |
 | Amy Louise Reed - English poetry - 1924 - 270 pages
...the great ! He sees, to be sure, the bright-colored swarms of insects, but To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man; And they that creep, and they that fly Shall end where they began. Soon, either through accident or age, their airy dance They leave in dust to rest. So, too, had Thomson... | |
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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. 
