 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
 | Harvey Buckland - Christian life - 1856 - 208 pages
...show'd, and told me too, Mine end near was, And so away he flew. Herride, OF MAN S MORTALITY. Like as the damask rose you see, • Or like the blossom on...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 Jonas had, Even such is man;... | |
 | Harvey Buckland - Christian life - 1856 - 190 pages
...you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or 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 Jonas had, Even such is man; whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done: The rose withers, the blossoms... | |
 | Songs - 1856 - 712 pages
...weary eyes on life's short wayfaring, Praise Him that rules the destiny of man. HENBY W. LONGFELLOW. LIKE to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flow'r of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd... | |
 | Epitaphs, Augustus John Cuthbert HARE - 1856 - 86 pages
...the pains without rest." The following, on Margaret Humble, is from St. Saviour's, Southwark: — " LIKE to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flow'r of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 pages
...chance, hope thou the best. MAN'S MORTALITY. SIMON WAETELL, 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 sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 444 pages
...:* " Like as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the daiuty flower in May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun,...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 — The rose withers, the... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 432 pages
...breath, And leaves no epilogue but Death." Man's mortality is thus described by an old "poet :* " Like as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the daiuty flower in May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Literature - 1860 - 538 pages
...; Who gces the soonest, l,as the least to pay. ,n ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCHYARD, SOUTHWAEE. Like to tho damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like tho morning of tho day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas hod; Even... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 pages
...insignificant as they may seem to those who engage in weightier matters. — Parlour Magazine. 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 to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which... | |
 | Half hours - 1863 - 408 pages
...of aspect and popularity of interest which may justify their insertion. OF MAN'S MORTALITY. 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 Jonas had : Even such is man,... | |
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