 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pages
...the grass that's newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun, Or like the bird that's here to day, Or like the pearled dew of May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan. E'en such is man ; who lives by breath. Is here, now there, in life and death. The... | |
 | Frederic Ives Carpenter - 1897 - 384 pages
...! Like to the grass that 's newly sprung, Or like a tale that 's new begun, Or like a bird that 's here to-day, Or like the pearled dew of May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan, E'en such is man; — who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death.... | |
 | Frederic Ives Carpenter - 1897 - 350 pages
...! Like to the grass that 's newly sprung, Or like a tale that 's new begun, Or like a bird that 's here to-day, Or like the pearled dew of May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan, E'en such is man; — who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death.... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...the grass that's newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun, Or like the bird that's here to day, Or like the pearled dew of May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan. E'en such is man ; who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death. The... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - 1899 - 768 pages
...and man he dies! Like as the grass that's newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun. Or like the bird that's here to-day, Or like the pearled dew of...May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan, E'en such is man, who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death. The... | |
 | Nicholas Ferrar - 1899 - 370 pages
...others. Like the grasse thats newly sprung, Or like a Tale thats new begun, Or like the Bird thats here to-day, Or like the pearled dew of May, Or like an houre, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan : Even such is Man, that lives by breath, Hes... | |
 | Nicholas Ferrar - 1899 - 372 pages
...others. Like the grassc thats newly sprung, Or like a Tale thats new begun, Or like the Bird thats here to-day, Or like the pearled dew of May, Or like an houre, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan : Even such is Man, that lives by breath, Hes... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 pages
...and man he dies 1 Like to the grass that's newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun, Or like the reater far, is innocent. Dull sublunary Lovers' love (Whose soul is sense) cannot admit Absence, bec singing of a swan, — E'en such is man ; — who lives by breath, la here, now there, in life and... | |
 | Charles Goodrich Whiting - 1903 - 412 pages
...thou must die." " Like to the grass that's newly sprung, Or like a tale that's new begun, Or like the bird that's here to-day, Or like the pearled dew of...May. Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan, — E'en such is man, who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death,... | |
 | 1904 - 610 pages
...Like to the grass that 's newly sprung, Or like a tale that 's new begun, Or like the bird that 's here to-day, Or like the pearled dew of May, Or like an hour, or like a span, Or like the singing of a swan, — E'en such is man ; who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life and death.... | |
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Even such is man; who lives by breath, Is here, now there, in life, and death. The grass withers, the tale is ended; The bird is flown, the dew's ascended; The hour is short, the span not long; The swan's near death; man's life is done. 
