 | Religion - 1850 - 454 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...flutter through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colors dressed ; Brushed by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chilled by age, their airy dance They leave,... | |
 | Esq. J. B. (Barrister-at-Law.), John Bill - Paris (France) - 1850 - 586 pages
..." In contemplation's sober eye, Such is the race of man; And they who creep, and they who fly, Must end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay But...through life's little day, In fortune's varying colours dressed, Brushed by the hand of rough mischance, Or chilled with age, their airy dance They leave,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 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...drest ; Brushed by the hand of rough mischance, Or chilled by age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. Methinks I hear, in accents low, The... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1851 - 380 pages
...skim, Some shew their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. so 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 ss But flutter thro' life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours drest : V. 24. Thus Milton. Par.... | |
 | John Coleman (of Dover.) - Europe - 1851 - 892 pages
...reign. To contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man, And they that creep and they that fly, But end where they began. Alike, the busy and the gay But flutter through life's little day. In estimating the character of the court of Louis XIV., these Memoirs and Journals form a most essential... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - English literature - 1852 - 570 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...drest, Brushed by the hand of rough mischance, Or chilled by age, their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. Methinks I hear, in accents low, The... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 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 : Brush'd by the hand of rough mischance, Or chill'd by age, their airy dance They leave, in... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Elegiac poetry, English - 1853 - 200 pages
...e'er the current skim, Some show their gayly gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. ON THE SPRING. 89 And they that creep. and they that fly. Shall end...flutter through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colors dress'd • Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age, their airy dance They... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 362 pages
...Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man : And they that ereep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the Busy and the Gay But flutter thro' life's little day, In Fortune's varying colors drest : V. 24. Thus Milton. Par. R. iv. 248: "... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Bible - 1854 - 472 pages
...Isaiah respecting man, has been beautifully expressed by Gray : To contemplation's sober eye, Such is the race of man ; And they that creep, and they...drest ; Brushed by the hand of rough mischance, Or chilled by age, their airy dance They leave, ш dust to rest. IT And the worm shall eat them likt wool.... | |
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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. 
