 | Hunting - 1823 - 448 pages
...frost. PO ET R Y. THE HIGH COURT OF DIANA. Far the Sporting Magazine. THE WRONG SIDE OF THE POST. " And they that creep— and they that fly— " Shall end where they began." ППНАТ life's a race, we all confess, ж And, mid the motley host Who run, 'tig fair that some... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 pages
...current skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim, Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay But nutter through life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drest : Brush'd by the hand of rough... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...skim, Some show their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. To contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man ; And they that creep, and they...Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay Bnt flutter thro' life's little day, • ; •• In fortune's varying colours dreit ; Brush'd by the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Fore-edge painting - 1825 - 346 pages
...skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. 30 To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. " Every language," says the same annotate, " is enriched and improved by the introduction of words... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Presses, Issues of - 1826 - 190 pages
...skim, Some show their gayly gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man : And they that creep, and they...through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours dress'd : Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave, in... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...skim, Some show their gaily gilded trim Quick-glancing to the Sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they...end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay But flatter through life's little day, In fortune's varying colours dress'd : Brush'd by the hand of rough... | |
 | English literature - 1787 - 564 pages
...rtanza however is claiucal. '• To Contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man : And they ih.it creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the buf^and the gay • Bur flutter thro' life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours dreft : Brufh'd... | |
 | John Cole - 1827 - 166 pages
...skim, Some show their gaily gilded trim Quick-glancirg to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man; And they that creep, and they...and the gay But flutter through life's little day, N In fortune's varying colours drest: Brush'd by the hand of rough mischance, Or chill'd by age, their... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 pages
...skim, Some shew their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they...that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the busy aud the gay But flutter through life's little day, In fortune's varying colours drest : Brush'd by... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Children's poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...skim, Some show their gaily-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man : And they that creep, and they...through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours dress'd : Brushed by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They leave, in... | |
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To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. 
