 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 - Page 46by Thomas Gray - 1778 - 158 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...pleased that she is dressed- — Johnson. DCCXCV. They that creep and they that fly 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 mischance, Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave, in dust... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 pages
...dressed as well as other people, and the wife is pleased that she is dressed. — Johnson. DCCXCV. They that creep and they that fly Shall end where they began. Vol. LO Alike the busy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day, In fortune's varying colours... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1830 - 868 pages
...current skim, Some slow, their gayly-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 drest . Brushed... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...current skim, Some show their gay I y 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 drest : Brusli'd... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 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 colors drest: Brushed by... | |
 | Flowers - 1835 - 174 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, L 2 In Fortune's varying colours dress'd; Brush'd... | |
 | 1837 - 646 pages
...in Summer the original of a beautiful stanza in the Ode on the Spring : " 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... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 936 pages
...current skim, Some slow, their gayly-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 dreat . Brushed... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 pages
...faithful friend, In vain shall rue the broken intercourse. To Contemplation's sober eye WORDSWORTH. 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... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - English fiction - 1837 - 204 pages
...current skim, Somo show their gaily gilded trim, Quick glancing to the sun. In contemplation's sober eye, Such is the race of man ; And they that creep and they that fly, Shall end where they began.' "* " Bravely quoted, and bravely spoken," cried Lovegrove, glad to find such an echo to his own sentiments;... | |
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