 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 blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow...  A collection of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions, on the most ... - Page 251by Silvester Tissington - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Grace Townsend - 1891 - 570 pages
...Mortality. 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,...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 — The rose withers,... | |
 | John Roy Musick - 1893 - 414 pages
...CONCLUSION. 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 which Jonas had ; E'en such is man whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. — WASTELL. A FEW days... | |
 | 1893 - 814 pages
...damask rose you see, Or like a blossom on a tree, Or like a dainty flower in May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd that Jonah made ; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out and out, and so is done. The rose... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1894 - 544 pages
...MORTALITY. 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,...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. The rose withers, the... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1894 - 376 pages
...MORTALITY. LIKE as the damask ro^e 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,...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. The rose withers ;... | |
 | William Thompson - 1894 - 130 pages
...— " Like to 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 goiyd which Jonas had ; Even so is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out and cut, and so is done ! The... | |
 | 1897 - 484 pages
...end. " 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,...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." (S. WARHEL.) Two stalwart... | |
 | George Jacob Holyoake - 1895 - 294 pages
...rose you see, Or like a blossom on a 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 Jonah made : Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out and out, and so is done. The rose withers,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pages
...Microbiblui. 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,...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. The rose withers, the... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1896 - 262 pages
...one. " Like to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flow'r of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonah had ; Even so is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done : The rose withers,... | |
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