 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 sayfa
...the pearled dew of May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan, — E'en such ire : " I bring thee here my fortress-keys, I bring my captive train, I pledge t grass withers, the tale is ended, The bird is flown, the di-w 's ascended. The hour is short, the span... | |
 | 1872 - 710 sayfa
...MORTALITY. MORTALITY. Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan — E'en such that each man grass withers, the tale is ended, The bird has flown, the dew's ascended, The hour is short, the span... | |
 | Abraham Lansing - 1873 - 634 sayfa
...of May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan,— E'en such is man;—who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death. The grass withers—the tale is ended— The bird has flown—the dew's ascended— The hour is short—the... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - 408 sayfa
...like the pearled dew of May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan, E'en such is man ; who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death. — The grass withers, the tale is ended, The bird is flown, the dew ascended, The hour is short, the span... | |
 | Maria Henrietta De la Cherois-Crommelin - 1875 - 332 sayfa
...tale that's new begun, Or like the bird that's here to-day, Or like the pearled dew of May : E'en such is man; who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life, and death — The grass withers, the tale is ended ; The bird is flown, the dew's ascended." SIMON WA3TELL. IN THREE... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 sayfa
...writing on the sand, Or like a thought, or like a dream, Or like the gliding of the stream ; Even such is man, who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death. The bubble 's out, the look 's forgot, The shuttle 's flung, the writing 's blot, The thought is past,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 sayfa
...the pearled dew of May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan, — E'en such is man ; — who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death. — The grass withers, the tale is ended, The bird is flown, the dew 's ascended. The hour is short, the span... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1876 - 486 sayfa
...the pearled dew of May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan, — E'en such is man, who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death. The grass withers, the tale is ended, The bird is flown, the dew's ascended, The hour is short, the span... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 312 sayfa
...writing on the sand, Or like a thought, or like a dream, Or like the gliding of a stream ; Even such is man, who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death. The bubble 's out, the look 's forgot, The shuttle 's flung, the writing 's blot. The thought is past>... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 324 sayfa
...like the pearled dew of May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan. E'en such is man; who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death. The grass withers, the tale is ended; The bird is flown, the dew's ascended; The hour is short, the span... | |
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Like to the grass that's newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun, Or like the bird that's here today, Or like the pearled dew of May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan — Even such is man; who lives by breath, Is here,... 
