 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
 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - Elocution - 1908 - 622 pages
...rose you see, Or like a blossom on a tree, Or like the dainty flower in May, Or like the moruing to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonah made; Even such is ma,l, whose thread is spun, Drawn out and out, and so is done. The rose withers,... | |
 | Oswald John Fredeick Crawford - 1910 - 220 pages
...make, To civilize with graver notes our wits again. Thomas Randolph. CLXIV. MAN'S MORTALITY. 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... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - Elocution - 1911 - 462 pages
...rose you see, Or like a blossom on a 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 Jonah made : Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out and out, and so is done. The rose withers,... | |
 | American poetry - 1912 - 616 pages
...cunning skill to break a heart. James Shirley [1596-1666] MAN'S MORTALITY From " Microbiblion " LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the...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 blossom... | |
 | Delbert Moyer Staley - Elocution - 1914 - 378 pages
...understood by the speaker in order to get the true interpretation. MAN'S MORTALITY Simon Wastell. 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... | |
 | Recitations - 1908 - 622 pages
...rose you see, Or like a blossom on a tree, Or like the daiuty flower in May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonah made ; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out and out, and so is done. The rose withers,... | |
 | Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson - English poetry - 1921 - 316 pages
...hope : 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,...shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had — Even such is man : whose thread is spun, Drawn out and cut and so is done. If none can scape Death's dreadful... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 428 pages
...only smile in hope's bright spring, And darken when the spirit grieves. ON 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— E'en such is man,... | |
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