Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age ; Behold him, when past by ; what then is seen, But his broad pinions swifter than the winds ? And all mankind, in contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast ! cry out on... The Complaint: Or Night Thoughts, and the Force of Religion - الصفحة 22بواسطة Edward Young - 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 288عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Daniel Harrison - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 188
...advance behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep decrepit with his age. Behold I when passed by, what then is seen But his broad pinions swifter than the wind?" " The bell strikes One. We take no note of Time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 400
...advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep decrepit with his age. Behold him when past by ; what then is seen, But his broad pinions swifter than the winds ! All mankind in contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast cry out on his career. Here is a consecutive... | |
| Samuel Horatio Stearns - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 436
...advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age ; Behold him when passed by ; what then is seen, But his broad pinions, swifter than the wind 1 " As we go onward, the velocity of time is ever apparently increasing. Each year seems to move... | |
| 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 938
...advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age; Behold him when past by ; what then is seen, But his broad pinions swifter than the wind ? " Oh 1 the dark days of vanity ! cries the Poet; while here how tasteless — and how terrible... | |
| Edward Young - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 300
...advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep decrepit with his age; made; Behold him when past by; what then is seen But his broad pinions swifter...career. Leave to thy foes these errors and these ills; To Nature just, their cause and cure explore. Not short Heaven's bounty; boundless our expense: No... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 844
...folly false) Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age; Murray FROM THE SAME. Blessedness of the son of foresight. WHERE shall I find him ! Angels ! tell me where.... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 738
...advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age. Behold him when passed eams, And mute are timbrel, trump, and horn. But Thou hast said, The blood of goat, The We waste, not use our time ; we breathe, not live ; Time wasted is existence; used, is life : And bare... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 746
...hides his wings, And seeme to creep, decrepit with his age. Behold him when passed by ; what then it ne'er to meet again ! But never either found another...from paining ; They stood aloof, the scars remaining. We waste, not use our time ; we breathe, not live ; Time wasted is existence ; used, is life : And... | |
| 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 332
...hides his wings, ' And seems to creep, decrepit with his age; Behold him, when past by; what itien is seen But his broad pinions, swifter than the winds?...mankind, in contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast! cry out at his career. Da. YOCHG. [Written for the Young Lady's Friend.] ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE DEAD. BY BENJAMIN... | |
| Timothy Shay Arthur - 1845 - عدد الصفحات: 908
...advance, behind him hides his wing«, And seems to creep decrepit with his age ; Behold bins, when past by ; what then is seen But his broad pinions swifter...in contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast ! cry out at his career. Young. CIVILIZATION. BY E. FKKKETT. IVILIZATION! what glowing í and powerful, alike... | |
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