 | 1848 - 310 pages
...| is like the passing flower, That springs | to fall, and blossoms | but to die!" Heroic Verse: — "Like leaves on trees | the race of man | is found...| green in youth, now | withering on the ground." Octosyllabic Verse: — " The spacious firmament | on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled... | |
 | 1848 - 802 pages
...my father, murmuring in Greek the celebrated lines of which Pope's translation is familiar to nil. u Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the groond." u Well, so they wish to see me. Dirt Ellinor, Lady Ellinor say that, or her — her hnsband?"... | |
 | 1848 - 798 pages
...celebrated lines of winch to me with a serene face. " Everr ant Pope's translation is familiar to all. "Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on tho ground." " Well, so they wisn to see me. Did Ellinor, Lady Ellinor say that, or her — her husband?"... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 310 pages
...| is like the passing flower, That springs | to fall, and blossoms | but to die." Heroic Verse: — "Like leaves on trees | the race of man | is found...| green in youth, now | withering on the ground." Octosyllabic Verse: — " The spacious firmament | on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 320 pages
...is like the passing flower, That springs | to fall, and blossoms | but to die." Heroic Verse : — " Like leaves on trees | the race of man | is found...| green in youth, now | withering on the ground." Octosyllabic Verse: — " The spacious firmament | on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled... | |
 | Richard Buxton - 1849 - 200 pages
...so sudden as to throw the objeet out of the field of vicw. W. 979. " Like leaves on trees, the raee of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground. Another raee the following spring supplics ; They fall suceessive, and suceessive rise : So generations in... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton - 1849 - 656 pages
...lines of which Pope's translation is familiar to all ; The Caxtons. I. 10 "tike leaves on trees (he race of man is found , Now green in youth, now withering on (he ground." "Well, so they wish to see me. Did Ellinor, Lady EEinor say that, or her — her husband?... | |
 | 1850 - 560 pages
...mists which now prevail. This season, however, forcibly recalls to mind the words of (he poet:— " Like leaves on trees the race of man is found,— Now green in youth, now withering on tbe ground; Another race the following spring snpplies, They fall successive and successive rise; So... | |
 | William Hamilton (Poet, of Bangour.), James Paterson - 1850 - 460 pages
...gates 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 green in yonth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 790 pages
...most familiar to the reader. We extract passages, where poetic skill was most likely to be exerted. Like leaves on trees, the race of man is found. Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground ; Another race tile following spring supplies ; They fall successive, and successive... | |
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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 rise; So Generations in their Course decay, So flourish these, when those... 
