 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...  The Living Age ... - Seite 2871908Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Sir Henry Wotton - 1845 - 136 Seiten
...MS. (where the poem is transcribed) are either too inaccurate or too trifling to need mention.] HE World's a bubble, and the life of man Less than a span ; — In his Conception wretehed, from the womb, So to the Tomb ; — [ Cjurst from his Cradle, and... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853
...— " Dear love" ! — her raised eyes, tearful, spoke the rest. CABES. A qnaint poem by Lord BACON. 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 the cradle, and brought up... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1854
...inferiority of the female sex. The following forcible lines by Lord Bacon, express a similar sentiment. 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 the cradle, and brought up to... | |
 | Charles de Rémusat - 1858 - 498 Seiten
...qu'il cachait son talent pour les vers, et cite comme fort jolie une pièce de vers qui commence ainsi: The world's a bubble and the. life of man Less than a span, etc. (Uva, t. M, pari. I, p. 223.) femme, acheta une poule, et disposa tout pour faire sur place l'expérience... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861
...which is due chiefly to the metrical arrange* ment, and has something very pathetic in it to my ear. 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 the cradle, and brought up... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861
...which is due chiefly to the metrical arrangement, and has something very pathetic in it to my ear. 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 the cradle, and brought up... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 332 Seiten
...death, that feeds on men, And death once dead, there's no more dying then. W. Shakespeare LVII LIFE 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... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1861 - 314 Seiten
...prophecied the air, and the embryo eye, the light. Without Immortality, well did Lord Bacon say, " 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 the cradle, and brought up to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 444 Seiten
...which is due chiefly to the metrical arrangement, and has something very pathetic in it to my ear. 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 the cradle, and brought up to... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1867 - 256 Seiten
...prophesied the air, and the embryo eye the light. Without immortality, well did Lord Bacon say, — " 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 the cradle, and brought up... | |
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