 you sec, Or like the Blossom on the Tree, Or like the dainty Flower of May, Or like the Morning of the Day ; Or like the Sun-, or like the Shade, Or like the Gourd which Jonas had. Even so is Man, whose Thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done....  London, by David Hughson - Page 481by Edward Pugh - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Oldham - Readers (Secondary) - 1854 - 406 pages
...rose you see, Or like a blossom on the tree; Or like the dainty flower in May, Or like the morning to the day; Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; E'en such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done; Withers the rose, the blossom... | |
 | Freemasonry - 1854 - 634 pages
...north end are the following expressive and symbolical verses :— Like to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the gourd which Jonas had : Even so... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonah had, E'en such is man; —whose thread is spun, Drawn out and cut, and so is done. Withers the... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...poor man sure must live. ON THE SHORTNESS OP HUMAN LIFE. — Wasiell* LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonah had, E'en such is man... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...poor man sure must live. f THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE. — Wiutell* LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonah had, E'en such is man;... | |
 | Songs - 1856 - 712 pages
...JBeatfj. LIKE to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flow'r of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the...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... | |
 | Epitaphs, Augustus John Cuthbert HARE - 1856 - 86 pages
...Southwark:— " LIKE to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flow'r of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the...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... | |
 | Harvey Buckland - Christian life - 1856 - 190 pages
...He show'd, and told me too, Mine end near was, And so away he flew. Like as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May. Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had, Even such is man;... | |
 | Harvey Buckland - Christian life - 1856 - 208 pages
...too, Mine end near was, And so away he flew. OF MAN S MOKTAMTY. Like as the damask rose you see, • Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd winch Jonas had, Even such is man;... | |
 | Silvester Tissington - Epitaphs - 1857 - 560 pages
...author," but we have many times seen it attributed to Ben Jonson. " Like to the damask rose you see, Or to the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower...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... | |
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