 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - Christianity - 1835 - 402 pages
...good, I care not if It be as short as yours. MORTIFICATION. How soon doth man decay ! — When clothes are taken from a chest of sweets To swaddle infants, whose young breath Scarce knows the way : They are like little winding-sheets, Which do consign and send them unto death.... | |
 | George Herbert - 1838 - 406 pages
...That thy bright beams may tame thy bow. LXXIV. MORTIFICATION. How soon doth man decay ! When clothes are taken from a chest of sweets To swaddle infants, whose young breath Scarce knows the way ; Those clouts are little winding-sheets, Which do consign and send them unto... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - English poetry - 1836 - 400 pages
...good, I care not if It be as short as yours. MORTIFICATION. How soon doth man decay ! — When clothes are taken from a chest of sweets To swaddle infants, whose young breath Scarce knows the way : They are like little winding-sheets, Which do consign and send them unto death.... | |
 | George Herbert - Christian poetry, English - 1838 - 420 pages
...That thy bright beams may tame thy bow. LXXIV. MORTIFICATION. How soon doth man decay ! When clothes are taken from a chest of sweets To swaddle infants, whose young breath Scarce knows the way ; Those clouts are little winding-sheets, Which do consign and send them unto... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...earnestness you do pursue, Is only there." i i MORTIFICATION. How soon doth man decay! When clothes are taken from a chest of sweets To swaddle infants, whose young breath Scarce knows the way : They are like little winding-sheets, Which do consign and send them unto death.... | |
 | George Herbert - Christian poetry, English - 1842 - 400 pages
...That thy bright beams may tame thy bow. i»ortfftcatfon. How soon doth man decay ! — When clothes are taken from a chest of sweets To swaddle infants, whose young breath Scarce knows the way ; Those clouts are little winding-sheets, Which do consign and send them unto... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1847 - 850 pages
...chiefly lives. -GEORGE HEBBEBT (1593—1632). MORTIFICATION. How soon doth man decay ! When clothes are taken from a chest of sweets To swaddle infants, whose young breath Scarce knows the way i They are like little winding-sheets, Which do consign and send them unto death.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...toss'd from earth, Fly hand in hand to heaven ! fifortißcatton. How soon doth man decay ! Wien clothes /=* * , Scarce knows the way : They are like little winding-sheets, Which do consign and send them unto death.... | |
 | 1847 - 828 pages
...are but one city of God. — BP. PEARVottrj. MORTIFICATION. How soon doth man decay ! When clothes are taken from a chest of sweets, To swaddle infants, whose young breath Scarce knows the way, Those clouts are little winding sheets, Which do consign and send them unto deaUi.... | |
 | George Herbert - English literature - 1851 - 464 pages
...temper joy and wo, That thy bright beams may tame thy bow. How soon doth man decay ! — When clothes are taken from a chest of sweets To swaddle infants, whose young breath Scarce knows the way ; Those clouts are little winding-sheets, Which do consign and send them unto... | |
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MORTIFICATION HOW soon doth man decay ! When clothes are taken from a chest of sweets To swaddle infants, whose young breath Scarce knows the way ; Those clouts are little winding-sheets, Which do consign and send them unto death. 
