 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
 | Charles Mackay - English poetry - 1896 - 680 pages
...Till cherry ripe themselves do cry. [SiMOH WASTILL. 1633.] MAN'S MORTALITY. Tht 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, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which... | |
 | John Donne - 1896 - 350 pages
.... . . the Duke of Buckingham (Percy Sociely Publications, vo1. .\.\i.\.). (8) Lines beginning — " Like to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree." These are ascribed to Donne in Rawl. D. MS. 859, f. 158. At the end is written the message which Donne... | |
 | John Donne - 1896 - 348 pages
.... . the Duhe of Buch' ingham (Percy Society Publications, vol. xxix.). (8) Lines beginning — ' ' Like to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree." These are ascribed to Donne in Rawl. D. MS. 859, f. 158. At the end is written the message which Donne... | |
 | Frederic Ives Carpenter - English poetry - 1897 - 350 pages
...you kissed. SIMON WASTELL. (Fl. circa 1625.) OF MAN'S MORTALITY. From Microbiblion, 1629. T IKE as the damask rose you see, •^ Or like the blossom...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;... | |
 | Frederic Ives Carpenter - English poetry - 1897 - 382 pages
...you kissed. SIMON WASTELL. (Fl. circa 1625.) OF MAN'S MORTALITY. From Microbitlion, 1629. T IKE as the damask rose you see, •^ Or like the blossom...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;... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...Till cherry ripe themselves do cry. [SiuoN WASTELL. 1623.] MAN'S MORTALITY. The Murobiblia. LIEE 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... | |
 | Frederic Ives Carpenter - English poetry - 1897 - 356 pages
...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, E'en such is man; — whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. — The rose withers,... | |
 | William Thompson - Cathedrals - 1898 - 92 pages
...beautiful and pathetic lines, attributed to Quarles, to Simon Wastell, to Beaumont, and others : — " 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 gourd which... | |
 | William Chaffers - Gold-plating - 1899 - 284 pages
...children, and on the north side of this monument are these lines : — " Like to the damask rose you sOO, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning uf tho day, Or like tho sun, or like the shade, Or like tho gourd which Jonas had. — Even so is man... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - American poetry - 1899 - 768 pages
...we shall look to-morrow as to-day. SAMUEL R OGEES. MORTALITY. Vp IKE as the damask rose you see, Jaf 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... | |
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