 To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.  Poems - Seite 46von Thomas Gray - 1778 - 158 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Paget Jackson Toynbee - 1915 - 478 Seiten
...the Race of Man : And they that creep, & they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the Busy & the Gay But flutter thro' Life's little Day, In Fortune's varying Colours drest : Brush'd by the Hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age, their airy Dance They leave, in... | |
 | University of Calcutta - 1916 - 802 Seiten
...iron bars a cage ; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage. (6) To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep...they that fly Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day. In fortune's varying colours drest ; Brush'd... | |
 | George Benjamin Woods - 1916 - 1604 Seiten
...current skim, Some show their gayly-gilded trim 30 Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober 35 Alike the busy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day, In Fortune 's varying colors drest... | |
 | 1918 - 2030 Seiten
...current skim, Some show their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye , . . Such is the race of Man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Alike the Busy and the Gay But flutter through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colors dressed:... | |
 | Herbert Charles O'Neill - 1919 - 480 Seiten
...wind. And snatch a fearful joy. 1051. THOMAS GRAY (1716-71), Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College. They that creep and they that fly Shall end where they began. 1052. THOMAS GRAY (1716-71), Ode on the Spring. 1053. They that go down to the sea in ships, that do... | |
 | Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1920 - 314 Seiten
...Listen to this of Gray's. He has described the insect youth upon the wing : To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man; And they that creep,...they that fly Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay But flutter through life's little day, "» In Fortune's varying colours drest; Brushed... | |
 | Luiz Eugenio de Moraes Costa - 1920 - 144 Seiten
...current skim, Some show their gaily-gilded trim -Quick-glacing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly But flutter thro''íifé's little day, In Fortune 's varying 'coloúrs ,drest : Brush'd by the hand... | |
 | William Nelson, Charles Anthony Shriner - 1920 - 472 Seiten
...assistance of bundling — Wedding days — The bringing up of the next generation — Funeral customs. They that creep and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the Busy and the Gay But flutter thro' life's little day, In fortune's colours drest : Brush'd by the hand... | |
 | Lafcadio Hearn - 1921 - 360 Seiten
...current skim, Some show their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man: And they that creep,...they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the Busy and the Gay But flutter through life's little day, In fortune's varying colours dressed : Brushed... | |
 | Lafcadio Hearn - 1921 - 360 Seiten
...current skim, Some show their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man: And they that creep,...they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the Busy and the Gay But flutter through life's little day, In fortune's varying colours dressed: Brushed... | |
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