 | Dyer - 1767 - 300 Seiten
...Or Earth receiv'd her Frame ! From Everlafting thou art God, To endlefs Years the fame. .A thoufand Ages in thy Sight, Are like an Evening gone : Short as the Watch that ends the Night, Before the rifing Sun. The bufy tribes of Flefh and Blood, With all their Cares and Fears, Are carry'd downward... | |
 | 1776 - 386 Seiten
...men ; All nations rofe from earth at firft, and turn to earth again. 4 A thoufand ages in thy fight are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night before the rifing fun. 5 Time like an ever-rolling ftream bears 'all it's fons away ; They fly, forgotten, as... | |
 | 1776 - 428 Seiten
...frame ; From everlafting Thou art GOD, To endlefs years the fame. 4 A thoufand ages, in thy fight, Are, like an evening-, gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rifing fun. 5 The bufy tribes of flefh and blood, With all their cares and fears, Are carry'd downward... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - 1801 - 558 Seiten
...;" AH nations rofe from earth at firft, . And turn to earth again. 3 A thoufand ages in thy fight, Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night, Before the riiuig fun. <j Time, like an ever-running ftream, Bears all its fons away ; They fly forgotten, as... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - 1801 - 510 Seiten
...;" All nations rofe from earth at firft, And turn to earth aijain. o 3 A thoufand ages in thy fight, Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night. Before .die rifing fun. '$ Time, like an ever-running ftream, Bears all its fons away •, They fly forgotten,... | |
 | 1802 - 448 Seiten
...from earth at first And turn to i -::'.!i again. 5. A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an ev'ning gone, Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 20 [0. The busy tribes of flesh and blood With all their lives and cares, Are rarry'd downwards by... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1803 - 642 Seiten
...:" All nations rofe from earth at firft, And turn to earth again. 5 A thoufand ages, in thy fight, Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night., Before the rifing fun. 6 [The bufy tribes of flefh and blood, With all their lives and cares, Are carried downwards... | |
 | Thomas Jones (chaplain to the earl of Peterborough) - 1812 - 486 Seiten
...order stood, Or earth receiv'd its frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone,...the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their cares and fears, Are carry'd downward by the flood,... | |
 | Collection - 1812 - 314 Seiten
...the stormy blast, I. PARTICULAR ATTRIBUTES. 19 2. Before the hills in order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting thou art GOD, To endless years the same. 3. Thy word commands our flesh to dust, ' Return ye sons of men:' All nations rose from earth at first,... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - 1812 - 530 Seiten
...Metre. b God's Eternity, and Man's Mortality. 1 BEFORE the hills in order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame ; From everlasting, thou art God, To endless years the same. 2 Thy word commands our flesh to dust, " Return, ye sons of men ;" All nations rose from earth at first,... | |
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A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone, Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 
