 | 1819 - 188 Seiten
...succession of springing and falling Jpnves has been thus beautifully applied by Homer. Like leaves on trees the race of man Is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground. Another race the following spring supplies ; They fall successive, and succrsnve... | |
 | 492 Seiten
...falling leaves, a very apposite comparison for the transitory generations of men : — Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth,...successive rise; So generations in their course decay, Bo flourish these, when those are past away. CbcjFamilg jfrienD. As the damp and foggy weather, now... | |
 | 1820 - 736 Seiten
...in youth, now withering on the Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, ami successive rise: So generations in their course decay ; So flourish these, when those are pastaway." POPE'S lii.n, mi. TI. 115. Memoirt of the Court o/Westptfalia, under Jerome Buonaparte ;... | |
 | 1820 - 190 Seiten
...blighted plant shrinks up its leaves, and dies. LOKD LYTTELTON. THE GENERATIONS OF MAN. LIKE leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground. 62 The Wolves. Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive,... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 Seiten
...Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth,...their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away. Be thou the first true merit to befriend ; His praise is lost, who stays till all commend.... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1821 - 448 Seiten
...ascertained. Now green in youth, now withering on the ground. Like leaves on trees, the race of man Is found; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise; So flourish these, when those are past away. So generations in their course decay, POPE. Effieacy of Water... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 312 Seiten
...What, or from whence I am, or who my sire, (Replied the chief) can Tydeus' son inquire ? Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth,...decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away. But if thou still persist to search my birth, Then hear a tale that fills the spacious earth. ' A city... | |
 | Homerus - 1822 - 320 Seiten
...What, or from whence I am, or who my sire, (Replied the chief) can Tydeus' son inquire ? Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth,...decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away. But if thou still persist to search my birth, Then hear a tale that fills the spacious earth. " A city... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1822 - 356 Seiten
...of man. Like leaves on trees, says the first and the greatest of all uninspired writers, Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth,...decay ; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away ; * a simile which, as originating in the sympathies of our common nature, has found an echo in the... | |
 | Thomas Gosden - 1822 - 80 Seiten
...succession of springing and falling leaves, an apt comparison for the fugitive races of men — Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth,...their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away. POPE'S HOMER. This loss of verdure, together with the shortened days, the diminishing warmth,... | |
| |
Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those... 
