 | Literature, Modern - 1806 - 550 pages
...thee ; He was^ — whatever thou hast been ; He is — what thou shah be. " The clouds and sun beams, o'er his eye, That once their shades and glory threw,...since the world began, Of HIM afford no other trace Than this, — THEKE LIV'DA MAN!" MISCELLANEOUS. SCRIPTURAL OMISSIONS. , SIR, , I HAVE often lamented... | |
 | 1806 - 310 pages
...Encounter'd all that troubles thee <; He was — whatever thou hast been : He is — what thou shah .be. The clouds and sunbeams o'er his eye That once their...threw;, Have left in yonder silent sky, No vestige where.they flew. The annals. of thehuman race, Their ruins, since the world began, •Of H i M afford... | |
 | Flowers of literature - 1807 - 626 pages
...Encounter'd all that troubles thee ;. He was- --whatever thou hast been ; ' He is— what thou shall be. ' The clouds and sun-beams, o'er his eye, That once...where they flew. The annals of the human race, Their ruin since the world began, Of him afford no other trace Than this,-—THERE LIV'DA MAN! LUDICROUS... | |
 | James Montgomery - Switzerland - 1813 - 192 pages
...Sun, moon, and stars, the earth and main, Erewhile his portion, life and light, To him exist in vain. The clouds and sunbeams, o'er his eye That once their...since the world began, Of HIM afford no other trace Than this,— THERE LIVED A MAN ! THE END. EDINBURGH : Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. 175 : .... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...been ; He i«— what thou shalt be ! The clouds and sun-beams o'er bis eye . That once their shade and glory threw, Have left in yonder silent sky No...where they flew ! The annals of the human race, Their ruin since the world began, Of HIM afford no other trace Than this — there li.j'da MAN! MONTGOMERY.... | |
 | Daniel Staniford - Elocution - 1817 - 256 pages
...Encounter'd all that troubles thee, He was — whatever thou hast been, He is — what thou shalt be. The clouds and sunbeams, o'er his eye, That once their shades and glory threw, Hath left in yonder silent sky No vestige where they flew. The annals of the human race, , Their ruins,... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1821 - 294 pages
...Sun, moon, and stars, the earth and main, Erewhile his portion, life and light, To him exist in vain. The clouds and sunbeams, o'er his eye That once their...since the world began, Of HIM afford no other trace Than this,— THERE LIVED A MAN ! THE HARP OF SORROW. I GAVE my Harp to Sorrow's band, And she has... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 pages
...Sun, moon, and stars, the earth and main, Erewhile his portion, life and light, To him exist in vain. The clouds and sunbeams o'er his eye, That once their...and glory threw, Have left, in yonder silent sky, No veslige where they flew. The annals of the human race, Their ruins since the world began, Of him afford... | |
 | English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...Encounter' d all that troubles thee ; He was — whatever thou hast been ; He is— what thou shalt be. Have left in yonder silent sky No vestige where they...since the world began, Of Him afford no other trace Than this,— There liv'da man ! WHERE IS HE.' HENRY NEELE. " Man giveth up the ghost, and where U... | |
 | 1824 - 706 pages
...the only epitaph, so far as the world is concerned, was many years ago written by the poet : — " The clouds and sunbeams, o'er his eye That once their...since the world began, Of him afford no other trace Than this, — THERE LIVED A MAN." Lessons upon the mutability of human affairs are to be drawn from... | |
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The clouds and sunbeams, o'er his eye That once their shades and glory threw Have left in yonder silent sky No vestige where they flew. The annals of the human race, Their ruins, since the world began, Of HIM afford no other trace Than this, — THERE... 
