 | Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 trang
...current 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,...they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the Busy and the Gay But flutter through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours dress'd : Brush'd... | |
 | 1826 - 310 trang
...current 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,...they that fly, Shall 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... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 858 trang
...skim, Some slow, their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Snch is the race of man : And they that creep and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay But flutter through life's little day In fortune's varying colours drest . Brushed... | |
 | 1787 - 564 trang
..."To glo-.v," I imagine, is anobje£l of fight, not of hearingThis 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... | |
 | John Cole - 1827 - 166 trang
...current 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,...they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay But flutter through life's little day, N In fortune's varying colours drest: Brush'd... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 trang
...current 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,...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... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 trang
...current 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,...they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay But flutter through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours dress'd : Brushed... | |
 | William Crafts - 1828 - 450 trang
...skill or art, May please the ear, if friendship warm the heart. THE RACIAD. "To contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man, And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began." GRAY. WHY is the city desolate? We meet Nor friend, nor foe, in each deserted street. Wit, fashion,... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 trang
...dressed as well as other people, and the wife is pleased that she is dressed. — Johnson. DCCXCV. They that creep and they that fly Shall end where they began. Vol. LO Alike the busy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day, In fortune's varying colours... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 trang
...current skim, Some show their gay I y gilded trim Quick-glancing to the Sun. To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep,...they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay But flutter through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours drest : Brusli'd... | |
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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. 
