 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
 | 1845 - عدد الصفحات: 584
...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." The sacred writers often refer to this subject, and to impress it the more deeply upon our minds,... | |
 | Samuel Horatio Stearns - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 282
...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 ? " As we go onward, the velocity of time is ever apparently increasing. Each year seems to move... | |
 | 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 442
...remarked, " Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age. Behold him when pass'd by ; what then is seen But...contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast, cry out on his career." YOUNG'S NIGHT THOUGHTS. Now, my dear young friends, I would affectionately ask you in particular to... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 444
...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...contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast, cry out on his career. We waste, not use, our time ; we breathe, not live ; Time wasted is existence ; used, is life ; And... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 468
...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...contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast, cry out on his career. Time wasted is existence ; used, is life ; And bare existence man, to live ordained, Wrings and oppresses... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 578
...false optics (from his folly false) And seems to creep decrepit with his age. Behold him when passed 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. MAN'S IMMORTALITY PROVED... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 764
...his age. Behold him when passed by ; what then is seen But hia broad pinions swifter than the winds 1 h* We waste, not use our time ; we breathe, not live ; Time wasted is existence ; used, is life : And... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 380
...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...contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast, cry out on his career. 3. We waste, not use, our time ; we breathe, not live ; Time wasted is existence ; used, is life :... | |
 | Edward Young - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 528
...advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep decrepit with his age ; 140 Behold him when past by ; what then is seen But his broad pinions swifter than the winds 2 And all mankind, in contradiction strong, Eueful, aghast ! cry out on his career. CAUSE AND CURE... | |
 | Edward Young - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 382
...him cruel ; years to moments shrink, Ages to years. The telescope is turn'd. To man's false optics (from his folly false), Time, in advance, behind him...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 expence ;... | |
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