 Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age ; Behold him, when past by ; what then is seen, But his broad pinions swifter than the winds ? And all mankind, in contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast ! cry out on...  Addresses - الصفحة 109بواسطة Jesse Appleton - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 176عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 1022
...dies in human hearts the thought of death. [from Xtght Thoughts.] SIGHT II. TIME, ITS USE AA'D MISUSE. TIME, in advance, behind him hides his wings, And...to creep, decrepit with his age : Behold him, when past by; what then is seen, But his broad pinions swifter than the winds ? We waste, not use, our timer... | |
 | Edward Young - 1834 - عدد الصفحات: 370
...tenders us relief, We call him cruel ; years to moments shrink, Ages to years. The telescope is turn'd. To man's false optics (from his folly false) Time,...to creep, decrepit with his age ; Behold him, when past by ; what then is seen, But his broad pinions swifter than the winds ? And all mankind, in contradiction... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 986
...instrumentality of the Cottage-Reading ! THE FAMILY OF GLENCARRA.— No. XII. By SIDNEY O'MOORE. " Time in advance behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep decrepid with old age : Behold him when past by : what then appears But his broad pinions swifter than... | |
 | Jesse Appleton - 1836 - عدد الصفحات: 516
...Whatever claims religion has upon you, they are imperious, and demand to be immediately satisfied. " To man's false optics, (from his folly, false,) Time,...to creep, decrepit with his age ; Behold him, when pass'd by ! What then is seen, But bis broad pinions, swifter than the winds ? And all mankind, in... | |
 | Jesse Appleton - 1836 - عدد الصفحات: 512
...Whatever claims religion has upon you, they are imperious, and demand to be immediately satisfied. "To man's false optics, (from his folly, false,) Time,...to creep, decrepit with his age ; Behold him, when pass'd by ! What then is seen, But his broad pinions, swifter than the winds ? And all mankind, in... | |
 | 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 646
...tenders us relief, We call him cruel ; years to moments shrink, Ages to years. The telescope is turn'd : To man's false optics (from his folly false) Time,...seems to creep decrepit with his age. Behold him when past by ; what then is seen, But his broad pinions swifter than the winds ! And all mankind in contradiction... | |
 | Edward Young - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 310
...us relief, 135 We call him cruel ; years to moments shrink, Ages to years. The telescope is turn'd : To man's false optics (from his folly false) Time,...hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his ago, 140 Behold him when pass'd by ; what then is seen But his broad pinions swifter than the winds... | |
 | Daniel Harrison - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 188
...Here478-i-3=£159 6s. 8d.= 152,960 answer. In 477 weys. how many quarts ? Answer, 610,560 TIME. " T1ME in advance behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep decrepit with his age. Behold I when passed by, what then is seen But his broad pinions swifter than the wind?" " The bell strikes... | |
 | Samuel Horatio Stearns - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 436
...expected a long life to come before this hour ; but it has been, and is gone, and lo ! it was but a day. " Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings, And...then is seen, But his broad pinions, swifter than the wind 1 " As we go onward, the velocity of time is ever apparently increasing. Each year seems to move... | |
 | 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 938
...ye some more elaborate image î Then here is one — and on its wings you may either sink or soar. " To man's false optics (from his folly false), Time,...seems to creep, decrepit with his age; Behold him when past by ; what then is seen, But his broad pinions swifter than the wind ? " Oh 1 the dark days of... | |
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