 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 страници
...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 drest ; Brushed... | |
 | John Coleman (of Dover.) - 1851 - 892 страници
...flattery is no longer to be heard. Night has once more resumed her silent 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... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 страници
...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 : Brush'd... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 страници
...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 drest, Brushed... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 384 страници
...current skim, Some shew 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 thro' life's little day, In Fortune's varying colors drest : V. 24. Thus... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 200 страници
...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 where they began. Alike the Busy and the Gay But flutter through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colors dress'd • Brush'd... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 368 страници
...the raee 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. E. iv. 248: " The sound of bees' industrious murmur." Wakefield... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1854 - 472 страници
...to that of Isaiah respecting man, has been beautifully expressed by Gray : 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 ; Brushed... | |
 | William Collins - 1854 - 430 страници
...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 colors drest: Brushed... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 278 страници
...eye d Shall end where they began. Alike the Busy and the Gay But flutter through Life's little day, Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, In Fortune's varying colours dress'd: Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age, their... | |
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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. 
