 LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out,...  The Literary Magazine, and American Register - Page 1691808Full view - About this book
 | Electronic journals - 1874 - 714 pages
...TU-SA-PÜ. "LlKE TO THE DAMASK ROSE YOU SEE " (5th S. ii. 227) is by Francis Quarles. It begins thus : — " Like to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flowers of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shades, Or like the gourd... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1857 - 52 pages
...probability, to be the production of Quarles. — (Annals of St. Mary Overy, by W. Taylor, p. 99.) Like to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom...the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonah had; Even so is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out and cut, and so is done ! The rose withers,... | |
 | Charles Knight - London (England). - 1851 - 902 pages
...inscription, which is a slightly varied extract from a poem attributed to Francis Quartes : — '• Like to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom...tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the moruing of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had, Even SO... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Ballads, English - 1851 - 332 pages
...chance, hope thou the best. MAN'S MORTALITY. SIMON WASTKLL, from " The Microbiblia," 1623. LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower in May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the snn, or like the shade, Or like the gonrd which... | |
 | English poetry - 1851 - 496 pages
...content, a conscience clear.* SIMON WASTELL. Bonx, 1562; DATE op DEATH UNCERTAIN. MAN'S MORTALITY. LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flow'r of May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...something beyond it poor man sure must live. ON THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE. — WaateU..* LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the...like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonah had, E'en such is man... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1854 - 730 pages
...crown'd witi: glory, ' Where the weary are at rest.'" MAN'S MORTALITY. BY SIMON WASTEI.L, 1623. LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower in May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd whleh... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - Readers (Secondary) - 1854 - 406 pages
...rose you see, Or like a blossom on the tree; Or like the dainty flower in May, Or like the morning to the day; Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; E'en such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done; Withers the rose, the blossom... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...For something beyond it poor man sure must live. ON THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE. — Wtutell* LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the...like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonah had, E'en such is man;... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...For something beyond it poor man sure must live. ON THE SHORTNESS OP HUMAN LIFE. — Wastett* LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the...like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonah had, E'en such is man... | |
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