 E'en such is man ; whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth ; The flower fades, the morning hasteth ; The sun sets, the shadow flies ; The gourd consumes, — and man he dies...  Poems and Psalms - Page cxvby Henry King - 1843 - 222 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1877 - 424 pages
...is man;—whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done.— The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes,—the man he dies. Like to the grass that's newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun,... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - London (England) - 1878 - 528 pages
...so is Man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. " The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth ;...sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, and Man he dies." • There is a curious tract called "The true History of the Life and sudden Death of old John... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 324 pages
...such is man; whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth; The flower fades, the morning hasteth; The...the shadow flies; The gourd consumes,— and man he dies ! Like to the grass that's newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun, Or like the bird that's... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - London (England) - 1878 - 522 pages
...so is Man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. " The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth ;...sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, and Man he dies." * There is a curious tract called "The true History of the Life and sudden Death of old John... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 232 pages
...man, a peasant ornament with needlework along the borde1'i of anything. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, — the man he dies. Like to the grass that's newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun, Or like... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1878 - 874 pages
...such is man, whose thread is spun, Prawn out and out, and BO is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, the man— he dies. Like to the grass that's newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun, Or like... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...and so is done. — The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning haiteth, through fond internp'rate dies ! Like to the grass that's newly sprung Or like a tale that's new begun, Or like the bird that's... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 906 pages
...such is man whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth. The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The...the shadow flies. The gourd consumes — and man he dies ! Like to the grass that 's newly sprung, Or like a tale that 's new begun. Or like the bird that... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1882 - 1002 pages
...such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out and cut, ¡nul so is done. The roso williers, the blossom cheer the drooping stage, dies. Like to the grass that's newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun, Or like the bird that's... | |
 | 1882 - 318 pages
...spun, Drawn out and cut, and so is done : The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fadeth, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes and the Man dies. Idem Latine Redditum. Qualem respicias rosam rubere, Qualemve arbore pullulare gemmam,... | |
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