 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 - Page 2871908Full view - About this book
 | Avary W. Holmes-Forbes - 1881 - 268 pages
...and the " glorious world fresh as a banner bright, unfurled." Lord Bacon is sad, and thinks that " the world's a bubble, and the life of man less than a span" — a sentiment which predominates with poets, for the race is mostly melancholy. " Earth seemed a... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...day. WALTER SUIELET 612 í ¿fbtjj— ¿/Leu«, O*r-¿A~x ^ - / с i MORAL AND DIDACTIC POETRY. LIFE. M1t : In his conception wretched, from the womb, So to the tomb; Curst from his cradle, and brought up... | |
 | 1881 - 364 pages
...tibi, cui fuit haud mens sana in corpore sano, Vt leve erat cerebrum, sit tibi terra levis ! WGC fHE 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... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 pages
...learn to bear is easier than to shun. r. JOHN ARMSTRONG — Art of Preserving Health. Bk. II. Line 474. The world's a bubble, and the life of man Less than a span, s. BACON— Tlie World. Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the... | |
 | English lyrics - 1883 - 340 pages
...straight I called unto my mind That it was Christmas Day. SIR FRANCIS BACON, XXV. ,56i— ,626. LIFE. 'T'HE World's a bubble ; and the life of man Less than a span : In his conception wretched ; from the womb, So to the tomb : Cunt from the cradle, and brought up... | |
 | William James Linton - 1883 - 396 pages
...bel ! N'oserez-vous ? mon bel ami ! FRANCIS BACON. (LORD VERULAM.) 1560 — 1626. THE WORLD-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 ; Cursed from the cradle, and brought up... | |
 | William Henry Smith (of Brompton.) - 1884 - 58 pages
...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 than a span. In his conception wretched, from the womb So to the tomb. Nurst from the cradle, and brought up to... | |
 | William Henry Smith - 1884 - 60 pages
...Reliquiae Wottonianae," 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 than a span. In his conception wretched, from the womb So to the tomb. Nurst from the cradle, and brought up to... | |
 | 1884 - 330 pages
...straight I called unto my mind That it was Christmas Day. SIR FKANCIS BACOH, XXV. 1561-1626. LIFE. r"pHE 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... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 728 pages
...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... | |
| |
