 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
 | Joseph Twadell Shipley - 2001 - 688 Seiten
...for seven long year. reindeer: horned deer. Liberty's a glorious feast ! —Burns, The Jolly Beggars 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; Cursed from his cradle, and brought up to... | |
 | Sangharakshita - 2003 - 312 Seiten
...the English poets: Francis Bacon this time. This is the famous opening to his one anthology piece: The world's a bubble; and the life of man Less than a span. The whole idea of the impermanence of beautiful things is of course a commonplace amongst poets of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 2002 - 868 Seiten
...especial reverence. Your Lordship's loving friend, FR. ST. ALBAN. Poems and Psalms 'The world's a bubble' 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... | |
 | Henri Dominique Saffrey - 2003 - 300 Seiten
...water has, And these are of them : whither are they vanished ». Et dans The World, Bacon prononce : « The world's a bubble, and the life of man less than a span »3". Que ce proverbe ait été très connu et bien compris des lettrés du XVI' siècle, c'est ce... | |
 | George Seibel - 2003 - 68 Seiten
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