 | 1822 - 418 pages
...the flight of ages past. There liv'da man :— and who was He ? —Mortal ! howe'er thy lot be cast, Unknown the region of his birth ; The land in which he died, unknown : His name hath perish'd from the earth, This truth survives alone : — That joy and grief, and hope and fear, Alternate... | |
 | Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 pages
...feel curious to know their individual history, let him call to mind the words of a modern poet, — " Once in the flight of ages past There lived a man ; and who was he? Mortal, where'er thy lot is cast, That man resembled thee," The stranger next arrives at the treasures of antique... | |
 | 1812 - 1006 pages
...of ages pad, There liv'da man, and who was he ) Mortal ! howe'er thy lot be caft, That man refembled thee. Unknown the region of his birth, The land in which he died, unknown: Hit name hath perilh'd from the earth, This truth furvives alone • That joy- and grief, ami hepe... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1824 - 396 pages
...in promiscuous massacre and ruin 1 % THE COMMON LOT. ONCE in the flight of ages past, There liv'da man ; and who was he ? Mortal! howe'er thy lot be...man resembled thee ^ Unknown the region of his birth ; - ,tf The land in wnich he died unknown j His name hath, perish'd from the earth } This truth survives... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1825 - 232 pages
...Liberty, Justice, Religion, AT HOME !" THE COMMON LOT. ONCE, in the flight of ages past, There Jived a man :— and WHO was HE ? — Mortal ! howe'er thy...birth, The land in which he died unknown • His name has perish'd from the earth, This truth survives alone : — That joy, and grief, and hope and fear,... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...his providence adore: Tie done ! arise ! He bids thee stand, To fall no more. THE COMMON LOT. OXCE, in the flight of ages past, There lived a man :—and...birth, The land in which he died unknown : His name has perish'd from the earth, This truth survives alone :— That joy, and grief, and hope, and fear,... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1827 - 494 pages
...There liv'da man ; and who was he 1 Mortal ! howe'er thy lot be cast^ That man resembled theeUnknown the region of his birth ; The land in which he died unknown : His name hath perish'd from the earth ; This truth survives alone — That joy and grief, and hope and fear, Alternate... | |
 | 1828 - 398 pages
...doom, Shall join my soul to thee. ANOE. THE COMMON LOT. ONCE, in the flight of ages past, There liv'da man : — and WHO WAS HE? — Mortal ! howe'er thy lot be cast, That Man resembled Thee. Unknown the regions of his birth, The land in which he died unknown : His name has perish'd from the earth, This... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...Its humble buds unheeded rise; The Rose has bat a summer-reign, The DAISY never diei. THE COMMON LOT. in the flight of ages past, There lived a man :— and WHO was HE? —Mortal! howe'cr thy lot be cast, That Man resembled Thee. Unknown the region of his birth, The land in which... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...of a slave, No longer soil lire your affections lo roam From Liberty, Justice, Religion, AT HOME.« THE COMMON LOT. ONCE in the flight of ages past, There...birth, The land in which he died unknown: His name has pcrish'd from the earth, This truth survives alone : — That joy and grief, and hope and fear,... | |
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LOT. ONCE, in the flight of ages past, There lived a man:— and WHO was HE ? — Mortal ! howe'er thy lot be cast, That Man resembled Thee. Unknown the region of his birth, The land in which he .died unknown : His name has... 
