 The world's a bubble and the Life of Man Less than a span In his conception wretched, from the womb So to the tomb; Curst from his cradle, and brought up to years With cares and fears. Who then to frail mortality shall trust, But limns on water, or but...  The Living Age - Pagina 2871908Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1876 - 586 pagine
...thou path thy native sembla,nce on Not Erebus itself were dim enough To hide thee from prevention. p. The world's a bubble and the life of man Less than a span. q. And he that harrowed hell with heavy stowre. т. Was everything by starts and nothing long, s. For... | |
 | Charles Underwood Dasent - 1877 - 238 pagine
...a quiet spot, he stretched himself on the grass, and resigned himself to anxious meditation." 8. " The world's a bubble, and the life of man Less than a span ; In his conception wretched, from the womb So to the tomb ; Curst from his cradle, and brought up... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pagine
...duration, Can make him deeply groan for that divine translation. — Anne Bradsirect. 2384. MAN. Frailty of Aitkin ; In his conception wretched ; from the womb So to the tomb ; Cursed from his cradle, and brought up... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 324 pagine
...Obscured life sets down a type of bliss; A mind content both crown and kingdom is. Robert Greene, LIFE. THE World's a bubble, and the Life of Man Less than a span: In his conception wretched, from the womb So to the tomb ; Curst from his cradle, and brought up to... | |
 | 1878 - 800 pagine
...and delicately humorous in conception. Mr. JE West contributes a translation of Bacon's verees — ''The world's a bubble and the life of man Less than a span," etc. which is an excellent version in itself, but will perhaps owe its celebrity less to its own merits... | |
 | William Van Ness Bay - 1878 - 1026 pagine
...had life been spared to him, must have attained a very enviable position in the profession. •• The world's a bubble, and the life of man less than a span." in Clinton County, he and most of his family were taken sick, and he was without a dollar to buy medicine... | |
 | 1878 - 794 pagine
...and delicately humorous in conception. Mr. JE West contributes a translation of Bacon's verses — "The world's a bubble and the life of man Less than a span," etc. which is an excellent version in itself, but will perhaps owe its celebrity less to its own merits... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 318 pagine
...Obscured life sets down a type of bliss ; A mind content both crown and kingdom is. Robert Grectu. LIFE. THE World's a bubble, and the Life of Man Less than a span: In his conception wretched, from the womb So to the tomb; Curst from his cradle, and brought up to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1879 - 872 pagine
...which is due chiefly to the metrical arrangement, and has something very pathetic in it to my ear. The world's a bubble, and the life of man less than a span ; In his conception wretched, from the womb so to the tomb : Curst from the cradle, and brought up... | |
 | W. F. March Phillipps - 1879 - 384 pagine
...only reigns in death, though art Can find no comfort for a broken heart. (Ford.) THE LIFE OF MAN. j|HE world's a bubble, and the life of man Less than a span ; In his conception wretched, from the womb, So to the tomb ; Curst from his cradle, and brought up... | |
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