 To man's false optics (from his folly false) Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age : Behold him, when past by ; what then is seen, But his broad pinions swifter than the winds? And all mankind, in contradiction...  Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality - עמוד 17מאת Edward Young - 1839 - 280 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1866 - 468 דפים
...him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age. Behold him, when passed by,—what then is seen But his broad pinions swifter than the...contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast, cry out on his career. Time wasted, is existence ; used, is life; And bare existence man, to live ordained, Wrings and oppresses... | |
 | 1867 - 556 דפים
...with his age. Behold him when past by; what then is seen But his broad pinions swifter than the winde! And all mankind, in contradiction strong, Rueful,...cause and cure explore. Not short Heaven's bounty, lioundk'ss our ciproe; No niggard Nature, men are prodigals. We waste, not use our. time ; we breathe,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 דפים
...absurdity ! Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep decrepit with his age ; Behold him when past by! what then is seen But his broad pinions swifter than the wind ? xx. And smiles an angel, or a fury frowns. Nor death nor life delights us. If time past And... | |
 | Peter Grant (D.D.) - 1868 - 236 דפים
...advance behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep decrepit with his age ; Behold him when passed by, what then is seen But his broad pinions swifter than the wind ? And all mankind, in contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast, cry out on his career." But the time... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 דפים
...absurdity ! Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep decrepit with his age ; Behold him when past by ! what then is seen But his broad pinions swifter than the wind ? n. 0 the dark days of vanity ! while here How tasteless ! and how terrible when gone ! Gone... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1859 - 468 דפים
...him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age. Behold him, when passed by,—what then is seen But his broad pinions swifter than the...contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast, cry out on his career. Time wasted, is existence ; used, is life; - And bare existence man, to live ordained, Wrings and oppresses... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 דפים
...advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age : Behold him when passed girls come tripping past Like snowbirds willing to be f And all mankind, in contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast ! cry out on his career. Ye well arrayed... | |
 | John Stanford Holme - 1871 - 364 דפים
...advance behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep decrepit with his age. Behold him when passed by : what then is seen But his broad pinions, swifter than the wind." Each day has two twilights, that of the morning and that of the evening. The latter darkens... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1872 - 266 דפים
...folly false) Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age : Behold him, when past by ; what then is seen But his...contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast ! cry out on his career. EDWARD YOUNG. From 1681 to 1765. POOR is the triumph o'er the timid hare I Scared from the corn, and... | |
 | 1872 - 900 דפים
...advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age ; Behold him when passed Ye well arrayed ! ye lilies of our land ! Ye lilies male ! who neither toil nor spin ; (As sister-lilies... | |
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