Behold, fond Man! See here thy pictur'd life ; pass some few years, Thy flowering Spring, thy Summer's ardent strength, ' Thy sober Autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene. The Seasons: And The Castle of Indolence - Page lxby James Thomson - 1841 - 271 pagesFull view - About this book
| Liberalism (Religion) - 1812 - 586 pages
...to the life of man. Behold, fond man 1 See here thy pictur'd life. Pass gome few years Thy flow'ring Spring, thy Summer's ardent strength, Thy sober Autumn...concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene. With these lines the Admirer of Nature will close this paper, hoping that his young readers will so... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...some tew years, Thy sober autumn fading into age, fhy fiow'ring spring, thy summer's ardent strength. And pale concluding winter comes at last, And shuts...whither now are fled Those dreams of greatness ? those uosolid hopes Ol happiness ? those longings after fame ? Those gay-spent, ft stive nights ? those veering... | |
| James Thomson - 1813 - 346 pages
...dumb the tuneful ! Horror wide extends His desolate domain. Behold, fond Man! See here thy pictur'd life ; pass some few years, Thy flowering Spring,...unsolid hopes Of happiness ? those longings after fame ? 1035 Those restless cares ? those busy bustling days ? Those gay-spent, festive nights ? those veering... | |
| Missions - 1838 - 716 pages
...dumb the tuneful ! Horror wide extends His desolate domain. Behold, fond man ! See here thy picturM life ; pass some few years, Thy flowering spring,...concluding winter comes at last And shuts the scene I" With some who may read this article, the spring, of youth has passed, the summer of manhood has... | |
| James Thomson, Samuel Johnson - 1813 - 180 pages
...kingdom lies ! How dumb the tuneful ! Horror wide extends His desolate domain. Behold, fond man ! J| See here thy pictured life .'—Pass some few years,...ardent strength; Thy sober Autumn fading into age — Am] pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene. Ah ! whither now are fied Those... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1813 - 276 pages
...desolate domain. Behold fond man i See here thy pietured life : pass some few years, Thy flow'ring spring, thy summer's ardent strength, Thy sober autumn fading into age, And pale eoneluding winter eomes at last, And shuts the seene. Ah ! whither now are fled, Those dreams of greatness?... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1849 - 494 pages
...considerable elegance at the conclusion of his ' Winter :' — Behold, fond man ! See here' thy pietur'd life ! Pass some few years, Thy flowering Spring,...concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene.' So in ' CymbeKne ' — ' What should we speak of When we are old as you ? When we shall hear The rain... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1852 - 494 pages
...Young, in the sixth book of the Night Thoughts ; and Thomson, at the conclusion of his ' Winter' ; — Behold, fond man ! See here thy pictured life ! Pass...strength, Thy sober Autumn, fading into age, And pale conclnding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene. Prose literature likewise affords numerous allusions... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...desolate domain. Behold, fond mau ! 8;:3 here thy pictur'd life : pass some few yearsj Thy flow'ving spring, thy summer's ardent strength, Thy sober autumn...whither now are fled Those dreams of greatness ? those uosolid hopes Of happiness, those longings after fame ? Those restless cares ? those busy bustling... | |
| James Thomson - 1816 - 256 pages
...domain. Behold, fond man ! See here thy pictur'd life ! Pass some few years, Thy flowering Spri ng, thy Summer's ardent strength, Thy sober Autumn fading...unsolid hopes Of happiness ? those longings after fame r Those restless cares ? those busy bustling days ? Those gay-spent festive nights ? those veering... | |
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