 | Charles Knight - London (England). - 1851 - 902 pages
...varied extract from a poem attributed to Francis Quartes : — '• Like to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the moruing of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had, Even SO... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Ballads, English - 1851 - 332 pages
...best. MAN'S MORTALITY. SIMON WASTKLL, from " The Microbiblia," 1623. LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower in May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the snn, or like the shade, Or like the gonrd which... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - Authors, English - 1854 - 292 pages
...on the monument of Eichard Humble, his two wives and children : " Like to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty...so is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out and cut, ;iml so is done; The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, ^--~The... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...man sure must live. ON THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE. — WaateU..* LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonah had, E'en such is man... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - Readers (Secondary) - 1854 - 406 pages
...rose you see, Or like a blossom on the tree; Or like the dainty flower in May, Or like the morning to the day; Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; E'en such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done; Withers the rose, the blossom... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1854 - 730 pages
...the weary are at rest.'" MAN'S MORTALITY. BY SIMON WASTEI.L, 1623. LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower in May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd whleh... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...poor man sure must live. ON THE SHORTNESS OP HUMAN LIFE. — Wastett* LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonah had, E'en such is man... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...poor man sure must live. ON THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE. — Wtutell* LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonah had, E'en such is man;... | |
 | Harvey Buckland - Christian life - 1856 - 208 pages
...end near was, And so away he flew. Herride, OF MAN S MORTALITY. Like as the damask rose you see, • Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had, Even such is man;... | |
 | Harvey Buckland - Christian life - 1856 - 190 pages
...you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had, Even such is man; whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done: The rose withers, the blossoms... | |
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LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out,... 
