 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 Seiten
...Death." '' What, or from whence I am. or who my sire," (Reply'd the chief) " can Tydeus' son inquire? Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now...withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies ; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay... | |
 | William Jones - 1810 - 502 Seiten
...QvMjn ytrtv, ToiiiJa x.eu avJpWf. iJii.M« to, i'.tt f'anfiat %a[>.z<i,<; j^tn. Horn. II. £. 146. Like leaves on trees the race of man. is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground. Pope's Homer, b. 6. 1. 181. How sublime and affecting is that reflection in the book of Job — " Man... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 490 Seiten
...fever, a second of a consumption, a third of old age, a fourth in the field of battle, and a fifth by * 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 successive... | |
 | Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1811 - 236 Seiten
...set him free from grief or fear. Such is that of the poet : " 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 tall successive, and successive rise." foes/ .• Your children are but leaves-,... | |
 | 1813 - 350 Seiten
...of death. ' 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...withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay ;... | |
 | George Miller - 1813 - 638 Seiten
...made happy, and always returns home Kof every uneasy sensation. Natural appearances in November. Like1 leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green' in youth, now with'ririg on the ground: Another race the following spring supplies.; They fall successive, and successive... | |
 | Firdawsī - 1814 - 316 Seiten
...this is ROOSTUM whom iny eyes engage ! 1123 " Shall I, O grief! provoke my Father's rage ? Like Uares on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth,...withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies ; They fall successive and successive rise : So generations in their course decay ;... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1848 - 494 Seiten
...analogies to have rendered the verses in which they speak of them ' household words' for all time ! a ' Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground ; Another race the following eprlng supplies, They fall suecessive, and suecessive... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 Seiten
...which though canst not see^ i All discord, harmony, not understood; . All partial evil, universal good. 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 successive... | |
 | 1816 - 300 Seiten
...failing leaves, suggests to the reflecting mind an apt comparison for the fugitive generations of men ; " Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, . Now green in youth, DOW withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and... | |
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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... 
