...Replied the chief,) can Tydeus' son inquire ? 1* Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, low crystal flood ; Luxuriant on the wave-worn bank he lay, Stretch'd forth, and panting i ; Phey fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay ; So flourish these...

...35. Even as the leaves Which the keen frost wind of the waning year Has scattered on the forest'soil. Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth now withering on the ground j Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations...

...like a flower." The ancient uninspired poets also illustrate the same subject by similar figures — " Like leaves on trees, the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground : Another race the following Spring supplies ; They fall successive, and successive...

...quoting the following passage from Pope's Homer, illustrative of the melancholy sf changeful nature:— Like leaves on trees, the race of Man is found, Now...ground; Another race the following Spring supplies : So generations in their course decay, So flourish these, when those ore passed away. Bums has an...

...the fugitive generation of men. " Like leaves on trees the 'race of man is fonnd, Now green in routh, now withering on the ground ', Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successivo rise ; So generations in their course decay. So flourish tktse when thote are passed away...

...most familiar to the reader. We extract passages, where poetic skill was most likely to be exerted. Like leaves on trees, the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies ; They fall successive, and successive...

...ffrave that receives all— the grave that is never satisfied, and that never says, It is enough: thus, Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now...withering on the ground. Another race the following age supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay ; So...

...appear to have presented an obvious lesson, known and read of all men. The pagan Homer could tell us — Like leaves on trees the race of man is found ; Now green in youth, now withering on the ground. Holy scripture abounds with sublime and touching allusions to the same affecting memento of life's...

...that receives all — the grave that is never satisfied, and that never says, It is enough : thus, Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now...withering on the ground. Another race the following age supplies ; They fall successive, and successive rue : So generations in their course decay ; So...

...these large trees are of the Lammas kind ; a description not now generally cultivated. TIMBER TREES. " Like leaves on trees the race of man is found. Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive...