 The world's a bubble and the Life of Man Less than a span In his conception wretched, from the womb So to the tomb; Curst from his cradle, and brought up to years With cares and fears. Who then to frail mortality shall trust, But limns on water, or but...  Literary and professional works - Side 117af Francis Bacon - 1864Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | William Henry Smith (of Brompton.) - 1884 - 58 sider
...Reliquiae Wottonianas," 1685, there is a short Ode ascribed to FRA. LORD BACON, entitled — THE WORLD. The world's a bubble — and the life of man Less...conception wretched, from the womb So to the tomb. Nurst from the cradle, and brought up to years With cares and fears. Who then to frail mortality shall... | |
 | 1909 - 594 sider
...therefore, to be facts of ethical experience. Accepting the above view, we may admit with Bacon that The world's a bubble and the life of man Less than...wretched, from the womb So to the tomb; Curst from his cradle and brought up to years With cares and fears. Who then to frail mortality shall trust But... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 654 sider
...OCCASIONAL WORKS. So far as is known, Bacon never wrote but one poem, in which are the terse lines : " The world's a bubble, and the life of man Less than a span." In his "Letters," which are very numerous, the disposition and character of Bacon is well shown, and are worthy... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 738 sider
...OCCASIONAL WORKS. So far as is known, Bacon never wrote but one poem, in which are the terse lines : " The world's a bubble, and the life of man Less than a span." In his "Letters," which are very numerous, the disposition and character of Bacon is well shown, and are worthy... | |
 | Ignatius Donnelly - 1888 - 520 sider
...imparted, which is due chiefly to the metrical arrangement, and has something very pathetic in it to the ear. The world's a bubble, and the life of man Less...conception wretched, from the womb So to the tomb; Cursed from his cradle and brought up to years With cares and fears: Who, then, to frail mortality... | |
 | Theodore Martin - 1888 - 90 sider
...commonplace mind against the Creator's dealings with His creatures. It may be called LIFE A CURSE. The world's a bubble, and the life of man Less than...conception wretched, from the womb So to the tomb; Cursed from his cradle and brought up to years With cares and fears : Who, then, to frail mortality... | |
 | 1888 - 746 sider
...Gedicht, welches aus dem Griechischen frei übertragen ist. Es ist also auch kein Originalgedicht. Life.i) The world's a bubble, and the life of man Less than a span; In his conceptioD wretched, from the womb So to the tomb; Curst from the cradle, and brought up to years With... | |
 | John Nichol - 1888 - 270 sider
...Psalms, a few more contributions to our lay Litany, and some minor verses. Those beginning, — • " The world's a bubble, and the life of man Less than a span," — have merit, and recall some of Ealeigh's. But when Aubrey tells us that he " concealed his talent... | |
 | John Nichol - 1888 - 246 sider
...the Psalms, a few more contributions to our lay Litany, and some minor verses. Those beginning,— " The world's a bubble, and the life of man Less than a span,"— have merit, and recall some of Ealeigh's. But when Aubrey tells us that he " concealed his talent as... | |
 | John Nichol - 1888 - 236 sider
...the Psalms, a few more contributions to our lay Litany, and some minor verses. Those beginning, — " The world's a bubble, and the life of man Less than a span," — have merit, and recall some of Ealeigh's. But when Aubrey tells us that he " concealed his talent... | |
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