Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those... Poems on Several Subjects - Page xlviiby John Ogilvie - 1769 - 162 pagesFull view - About this book
| English essays - 1826 - 722 pages
...J. GRAHAM. AN EPISTLE TO A FRIEND IN THI COUNTY or LIMERICK. " Likeleaves on trees the race of man is found ; Now green in youth, now withering on the ground} Another race thefollou-ing race supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise. & generations in their course... | |
| English essays - 1733 - 750 pages
...following beautiful Comparifon, preaches the fame Doclrine. . , , ve. on trees' th'e««of »tfrisfcund, green in youth, now withering on the ground : Another race- the following fpring fupplia, TheV fall I'uccelTive, and liioceflive rile: fio^^n.. in their courfe decay, So Hourifii thefe,... | |
| John Ogilvie - Classical poetry - 1769 - 342 pages
...them as vouchers for their antiquity : ay f' guv, &c. J^. £. ' Like Like leaves on trees the race of men is found, Now green in youth, now withering...Another race the following fpring fupplies, They fall fucceffive, and fucceffive rife>; So generations in their courfe decay. POPE.' The Ancients in general... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 396 pages
...who my fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon enquire ? 180 Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following fpring fi:pplies ; They fall fucceffive, and fucceffive rife : So generations in their courfe decay ; 185... | |
| George Colman - 1787 - 386 pages
...generations of men to the annual " fucceffion of leaves. t/AAam yntijt " Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, " Now green in youth, now withering on the...race the following fpring fupplies, "' " They fall fucceffive, and fucceffive rife : " So generations in their tums decay; '' So flourifh thefe, when... | |
| Periodicals - 1788 - 404 pages
...falling leaves, an apt comparifon for the fugitive races of men. Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the...Another race the following fpring fupplies, They fall fuccefiii'c, and fucccflive rife ; So generations in their courfe decay, So .' jui i,h thcfe, when... | |
| Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1104 pages
...or who my fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon inquire ? Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the...following fpring fupplies ; They fall fucceflive and fuccefiive rife : So generations in their courfe decay ; So flourifh thefe, when thofe are pad away."1... | |
| 1792 - 918 pages
...chief) can Tydeus' fon inquire ? Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green inyouth,now withering on the ground Another race the following fpring fupplies ; They fall fucccltive and fucceffive rite : So generations ¡h their courfe decay ; fo Hourilh thefe, when thofe... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 496 pages
...v»no my fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon enquire ? i So Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following fpring fiipplies j They fall fucceffive, and fucceflive rife: So generations in their courfe decay; 185 So... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 492 pages
...who my fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon enquire ? 180 Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the...Another race the following fpring fupplies ; They fall fucceffi ve, and fucceffive rife : So generations in their courfe decay; 185 So flourifh thefe, when... | |
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