 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 thro' life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours drest: Brush'd by the hand of rough...  The Bee: Or Literary Weekly Intelligencer - Page 178edited by - 1793Full view - About this book
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1755 - 348 pages
...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 thro' life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drefs'd : Brufb'd by the hand of rough mifchance, Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave, in... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 344 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1768 - 142 pages
...&c. M, GREEN, in the Grotto. DoJJlefs Mifcellanies, Vol. V. /. 161. ODE ON THE SPRING. 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 Mifchance, Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave, in duft... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Cats - 1768 - 140 pages
...threfhold preach, &c. M. GREEN, in the Grotto. Dodf.tfs Mifccllamis, Vol. V. f. 161. 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 Mifchance, Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave, in... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 200 pages
...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 by the hand of rough Mifchance, Or c'hill'd by age, their airy dance They leave, in... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1775 - 552 pages
...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 the haiid of" roiijjh rni ('chance, Or chilf'^by j«eytheir airy dance , ,,/1,-vThey... | |
 | History - 1778 - 626 pages
...Contemplation'« tober eye Such ii 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...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 dust... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1778 - 182 pages
...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 thro' 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 dance They leave in duft... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1786 - 210 pages
...race of man : t And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where 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 Mifchance, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave in duft... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...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 thro' life's little day, In fortune's varying colours dreft : Brufii'd by the hand of rough milchance, Or chill'd by .age, their airy dance They leave, fn... | |
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