 To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.  Poems - Sida 45efter Thomas Gray - 1786 - 178 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Robert Dodsley - 1755 - 348 sidor
...eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, arid they that fly, Shall end whelre they began. f Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day, Jn fortune's varying colours drefs'4 : Brulh'd by the hand; of mngh raifchaHce, Or chill'd by age,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 344 sidor
...gayly gilded trim Quick glancing to the fan. F/. To contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end...thro' life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drefs'd : Brufh'd by .the hand of rough mifchance, Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 410 sidor
...gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun. 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 gut flutter through life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drefs'd : Brufh'd by the hand of... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 200 sidor
...book 7. i4 ODE ON THE SPRING. '• .- • 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 Bufyjand the Gay But flutter thro' life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours dreft : Brulh'd... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 142 sidor
...gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun-f-. To Contemplation's fober eye J Such is the race of Man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. * " Nare per seflntcm liquidam " Virgil. Gcorg. lit. 4. •f- "• fporting with quick glance Shew... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 140 sidor
...gilded trim • Quick-glancing to the fun c. To Contemplation's fober eye d Such is the race of Man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. t " Nare per xftatem liquidam " Virgil, Georg. Kb. 4. fporting with quick glance Shew to the fun their... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1775 - 168 sidor
...from the threlhold preach, 4rc. M.GREEK, in the Grr.lle .Dodjlefs Mifccllnnics, Vol. jf 161. Alike Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter thro' life's...Age, their airy dance They leave, in duft to reft. i Methinks I hear, in accent low,. . The fportive kind reply ; Poor Moralift ! and what art thou. !... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1775 - 552 sidor
...gaily-gilded tritti Quick-glancing to the Ion, ' To Contemplation's 1'ober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the bnfy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day, in fortune's varying colours dreft: Bnifh'd by... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1778 - 182 sidor
...gold. Milton's Paradifc Loft, kod 7, Da To To Contemplation's fober eye * Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end...varying colours dreft : Brufh'd by the hand of rough Mifchancc, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave in duft to reft. « Methinks I hear, in accents... | |
 | 1778 - 626 sidor
...the race of man: And they that creep, and they that flr. Shall end »'here they began. Alike the busy and the gay • But flutter thro' life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drest : Brusli'd by the hand uf rough mischance. Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave, in... | |
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