 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
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1868 - 526 pages
...dumb the tuneful 1 horror wide extends His desolate domain. Behold, fond man I See here thy pictur'd life ; pass some few years, Thy flowering spring, thy summer's ardent strength, Th; sooer autumn fading into age, And pale concluding winter comes at last, And shuts the scene. Ah... | |
 | Leopold Hartley Grindon - Emblems - 1869 - 112 pages
...at the autumnal equinox as an. old man. Thomson introduces it at the conclusion of his " Winter :" " Behold, fond man ! See here thy pictured life ! Pass...concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene." So in " Cymbeline "— " What should we speak of When we are old as you ? When we shall hear The rain... | |
 | James Thomson - 1869 - 178 pages
...How dead the vegetable kingdom lies ! How dumb the tuneful ! horror wide extends His desolate domain. Behold, fond man! See here thy pictured life ; pass...ardent strength, Thy sober Autumn fading into age, 10'U And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene. Ah ! whither now are fled Those... | |
 | Shirley Hibberd - Botany - 1870 - 204 pages
...How dead the vegetable kingdom lies ! How dumb the tuneful ! Horror wide extends His desolate domain. Behold, fond man ! See here thy pictured life : pass...Thy flowering spring, thy summer's ardent strength, And pale concluding winter comes at last, Thy sober autumn fading into age, And shuts the scene." As... | |
 | rev. joseph dixon - 1871 - 176 pages
...you, he shall in no wise lose his reward." CHAPTER X. DEATH. " Behold fond man ! See here thy piotur'd life ; pass some few years, Thy flowering spring,...concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene." — THOMSON. ifa ND so Thomas Dixon is gone ! " When did he die ?" " About four o'clock this morning... | |
 | Edward Hitchcock - 1871 - 188 pages
...OT/E POWEES. The analogy of the seasons to human life has long since been sung by the poet : — " Behold, fond man, See here thy pictured life : pass...; thy summer's ardent strength ; Thy sober autumn, ripening into age ; And pale concluding winter comes at last, And shuts the scene." The contrast is... | |
 | David Grant (of Aberdeen) - 1871 - 478 pages
...How dead the vegetable kingdom lies ! How dumb the tuneful ! Horror wide extends His desolate domain. Behold, fond Man ! See here thy pictured life ; pass some few years, Thy flowery Spring, thy Summer's ardent strength, Thy sober Autumn, fading into age, And pale concluding... | |
 | Henry Major - Student teachers - 1873 - 588 pages
...flow dead the vegetable kingdom lies ! How dumb the tuneful ! Horror wide extends His desolate domain. Behold, fond man ! See here thy pictured life; pass...concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene." THOMSON'S Seasons : Winter. "Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's power increase,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1873 - 758 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,...ardent strength, Thy sober Autumn fading into age, 1031 And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene. Ah ! whither now are fled Those... | |
 | Adonijah Strong Welch - English language - 1873 - 296 pages
...How dead the vegetable kingdom lies ! How dumb the tuneful ! Horror wide extends His desolate domain. Behold, fond man ! See here thy pictured life : Pass some few years, 1030 Thy flowering Spring, thy Summer's ardent strength, Thy sober Autumn fading into age, And pale... | |
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