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" 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... "
The Works of the English Poets: Pope's Homer. The Iliad -v.37-38 Pope's ... - Page 197
by Samuel Johnson - 1779
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for ..., Volume 96, Part 2

1826 - 722 pages
...age, Magilligan, Aug. It. 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...
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The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 2

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,...
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The New-Year's Miscellany ...

New year - 1747 - 72 pages
...Congregations ; Searchers, Shroud-Maker st Coffin-Maker^, Sextons,Grave.s^Clerks^ #W UNDERTAKERS, &c. &C; Like Leaves on Trees the Race of Man is found, Now green in Tenth, nova with' ring on the Ground, Another Race the following Spring fupplies , They fall fucce/vue,...
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The Iliad, tr. by mr. Pope. [With notes partly by W. Broome. Preceded by] An ...

Homerus - 1756 - 254 pages
...What, or from whence I am, or who my fire, lReply'd the chief) can Tydtue ' fon inquire ? 180 Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground; Another race the following fpring fupplies, They fall fucceffive, and fucceffive...
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The Visitor: By Several Hands, Volume 2

William Dodd - 1764 - 330 pages
...• , What, or from whence I am, or who my fire, (Reply'd the chief ) can Tydeus" fon enquire ? Like leaves on trees, the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground ; Another race the following fpring fupplies, They fall fuccefllve, and fucceflive...
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Poems on Several Subjects: In Two Volumes, Volume 1

John Ogilvie - 1769 - 342 pages
...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 on the...fucceffive rife>; So generations in their courfe decay. POPE.' The Ancients in general feem to have entertained a very high opinion of his Genius and writings,...
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Poems on Several Subjects, Volume 2

John Ogilvie - 1769 - 618 pages
...antiquity : O«j B-jg/ ^u^Awji ytvetij roai ft xow etyfguv, &c. td* Like leaves on trees the raee of men is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the...Another race the following fpring fupplies, They fall fucceflive, and fuccefllve rife ; So generations in their courfe decay. POPE,' The Ancients in general...
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Extracts from mr. Pope's translation corresponding with The beauties of ...

Homerus, William Holwell - 1776 - 392 pages
...260. What, or from whence I am, or who my fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon enquire ? Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground } Another race the following fpring fupplies ; They fall fucceffive, and fucceffive...
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An Historical and Genealogical Account of the Bethunes of the Island of Sky

Thomas Whyte - 1778 - 100 pages
...been related in thefe Memoirs, fufficiently verifies the following verfes of the celebrated Pope. Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground, Another race the following fpringfupplies, They fall fuccejjive, andfuccejfi-ue...
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Prose on Several Occasions: Accompanied with Some Pieces in Verse, Volume 3

George Colman - 1787 - 370 pages
...book of the Iliad, " comparing the generations of men to the annual «« fucceffion of leaves. " Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, " Now green...fucceffive, and fucceffive rife: " So generations in their tums decay; " So flourilh tbefe, when thofe are paft away." POPE. The tranflator of Homer has himfelf...
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