 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,...  The Literary Magazine, and American Register - Page 1691808Full view - About this book
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - Children's poetry - 1865 - 342 pages
...rose you see, Or as 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, E'en such is man ; — whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. — The rose withers,... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - English poetry - 1865 - 394 pages
...nothing in respeet of thee : and verily every man living is altogether vanity." — PSALMS. " Like as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower in May, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the gourd which... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - Children's poetry, English - 1865 - 604 pages
...do the right." Norman Macleod V DEATH CXXVIII MAN'S MORTALITY LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or as 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, E'en such is man... | |
 | Judah - 1866 - 202 pages
...— A pleasure without loss, a treasure without stealth GILES FLETCHER. I MORTALITY OF MAT-i. LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the...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, E'en such is man... | |
 | James Fleming - 1866 - 382 pages
...rose you see, Or like the 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 Jonas had, Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out and cut and so is done — The rose withers, the blossom... | |
 | James Baldwin - English poetry - 1894 - 376 pages
...of the greatest deeds of the past. — PROFESSOR JOWETT. 1. MAN'S 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, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which... | |
 | 1897 - 484 pages
...our pressing duties and spurred onward by our desires and ambitions we are nearing the 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, or like the shade, Or like the gourd — which... | |
 | George Jacob Holyoake - Debates and debating - 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 Haddon Spurgeon - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1896 - 264 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,... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1896 - 268 pages
...work, and turn up other sods. It is in St. Saviour's, Southwark, and is, I think, a rare good one. x " 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... | |
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