 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1874 - 588 pages
...armchair for a philosophical gentleman who muses on the vanity of life: " To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man. And they that creep and they that fly, Shall end where they began." Fortune dresses them in varying colours, and the hand of rough Mischance brushes them. With what delight... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1755 - 348 pages
...tafte the honied fpring, And float amid the liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current fkim, Sornefhew their gayly-gilded trim •'.' Quick-glancing to the...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... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 344 pages
...the liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current fkim, Some mew their gayly gilded trim Quick glancing to the fun. IV. To contemplation's fober eye Such...they began. Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drefs'd : Brufh'd by -the hand of rough mifchancs,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1765 - 410 pages
...tafte the honied fpring, And float amid the liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current fkim, Some mew their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun....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 pages
...with quick glance Shew to the fun their wav'd coats dropt with, gold. Milton's Paradifi Loft, book 7. To Contemplation's fober eye * Such is the race of...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 - English poetry - 1768 - 142 pages
...fkim, Some mew their 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... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1770 - 402 pages
...Eager to ^afte the honied fpring, And float amid the liquid noon: Some lightly o'er the current (kim, Some fhew their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to...and the gay But flutter through 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... | |
 | John Bascroft - 1770 - 374 pages
...Some- lightly o'er the Current ikim, Some fhew their gayly-gilde'd Trim Quick-glancing to the Sun. IV. To Contemplation's fober Eye Such is the Race...and the Gay But flutter through 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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1770 - 134 pages
...Some lightly o'er the current fldm, Some fljew their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun c . To Contemplation's fober eye * Such is the race of...creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. b " Nare per aeftutem liquidam—" Virgih Georg. lib, iv. —f|>orting with quick glance Slitvv to... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1770 - 136 pages
...Some fliew their gayly-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. b " Nare per xftatem liquidam — " Virgil. Cnrg. lit. iv. . — fporting with quick glance ii.htvv... | |
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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. 
