 And what's a life ? a weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage With childhood, manhood, and decrepit age. And what's a life ? the flourishing array Of the proud summer meadow, which to-day Wears her green plush, and is to-morrow hay.  Emblems, Divine and Moral - Page 186by Francis Quarles - 1818 - 319 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Headley - 1810 - 238 pages
...The gain's not great I purchase by this stay ; What loss sustain'st thou by so small delay, To whom ten thousand years are but a day ? My following eye...weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage With Childhood, Manhood, and decrepit Age. And what's a life ? the flourishing array Of the... | |
 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - 1835 - 402 pages
...this stay ; What loss sustain'st thou by so small delay, To whom ten thousand years are but a day ? The secret wheels of hurrying Time do give So short...weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage With childhood, manhood, and decrepit age. And what's a life ? the flourishing array Of the... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 400 pages
...The gain's not great I purchase by this stay ; What loss sustain'st thou by so small delay, To whom ten thousand years are but a day ? My following eye...weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage With childhood, manhood, and decrepit age. And what 'sa life ? the flourishing array Of the... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 390 pages
...My following eye can hardly make a shift To count my winged hours ; they fly so swift, They scaree deserve the bounteous name of gift. The secret wheels...weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage With childhood, manhood, and decrepid age. And what's a life ? the flourishing array Of the... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 336 pages
...My following eye can hardly make a shift To count my winged hours ; they fly so swift, They searee deserve the bounteous name of gift. The secret wheels...weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage With childhood, manhood, and decrepid age. And what's a life ? the flourishing array Of the... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1839 - 946 pages
...were in truth monstrous glad to be rid of the company of such thorough paced villains. CHAPTER IV. And what's a life ? A weary pilgrimage Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage With childhood, manhood, and decrepit age. And what's a life ? The flourishing array Of the... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1839 - 330 pages
...were in truth monstrous glad to be rid of the company of such thorough paced villains. CHAPTER IV. And what's a life ? A weary pilgrimage Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage With childhood, manhood, and decrepit age. And what's a life ? The flourishing array Of the... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...The gain's not great I purchase by this stay ; What loss sustain'st Thou by so small delay, To whom ten thousand years are but a day ? My following eye...weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage With childhood, manhood, and decrepit age. And what's a life? the flourishing array Of the... | |
 | Thoughts - 1843 - 168 pages
...disease, like this flower, but to certain decay even in its best and strongest state. " And what is life ? a weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day...what's a life? the flourishing array Of the proud summer meadow which to-day Wears her green plush, and is to-morrow hay." Quartes. And the same question... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...rose-bud (passing all the rest) She plucks, and bosoms in her lily breast. The Shortness of Life. • enefit and tranquillity of temporal slat« and kingdoms, but the infinite p the stage With childhood, manhood, and decrepit age. And what's a life ! — the flourishing array... | |
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