 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1755 - 348 pages
...lightly o'er the current fkim, Sornefhew their gayly-gilded trim •'.' Quick-glancing to the fun. IV. To contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, arid they that fly, Shall end whelre they began. f Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter thro' life's... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 344 pages
...Some lightly o'er the current fkim, Some fhew their gayly gilded trim Quick glancing to the fan. F/. To contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day, In... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1765 - 410 pages
...Some lightly o'er the current fkim, Some mew their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun. IV. To Contemplation's fober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the bufy and the gay gut flutter through life's little day,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 200 pages
...their wav'd coats dropt with, gold. Milton's Paradifi Loft, book 7. i4 ODE ON THE SPRING. '• .- • To Contemplation's fober eye * Such is the race of Man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the Bufyjand the Gay But flutter thro' life's little day, In... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1768 - 142 pages
...fkim, Some mew their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun-f-. To Contemplation's fober eye J Such is the race of Man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. * " Nare per seflntcm liquidam " Virgil. Gcorg. lit. 4. •f- "•... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Cats - 1768 - 140 pages
...Some fhew their gayly- gilded trim • Quick-glancing to the fun c. To Contemplation's fober eye d Such is the race of Man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. t " Nare per xftatem liquidam " Virgil, Georg. Kb. 4. fporting with... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1775 - 552 pages
...(kirn, • Some Ihew their gaily-gilded tritti Quick-glancing to the Ion, ' To Contemplation's 1'ober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the bnfy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day, in... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1778 - 182 pages
...quick glance, Shew to the fun their wav'd coats dropt with gold. Milton's Paradifc Loft, kod 7, Da To To Contemplation's fober eye * Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter thro' life's little day, In... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 390 pages
...Some lightly o'er the current fkim, Some fhew their gayly-gilded trim •Quick-glancing to the fun fTo contemplation's fober eye % Such is the race of Man . And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the Bufy and the Gay But flutter through life's little day.... | |
 | 1782 - 370 pages
...4. Some fhew. their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun d. IV, To Contemplation's fobereye' Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the bufy and the gay J3ut flutter through life's little day,... | |
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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. 
