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" LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out,... "
Flora's Interpreter, Or The American Book of Flowers and Sentiments - Page 143
by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1832 - 223 pages
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Instructive Rambles: In London, and the Adjacent Villages. Designed to Amuse ...

Elizabeth Helme - Adventure and adventurers - 1800 - 314 pages
...pcr" mission, will first transcribe the epitaph ** on Richard Humble and his family." EPITAPH. Like to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, . Or, like the gourd...
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Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which ..., Volume 2

English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...way. O grant me grace, O God, that I My life may mend, sith I must die: OF MAN'S MORTALITY. LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd...
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The Orthodox churchman's magazine; or, A Treasury of divine and ..., Volume 5

1803 - 490 pages
...Peter Humble, gentleman, to the pious memory of Richard Humble, Alderman of London." &c. " Like to the Damask Rose you see, Or like the Blossom on the Tree, Or like the Dainty Flower of May,, Or lite the Morning ot" the Day, Or like the Sun, or like the shade,. Or like the Gourd...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 1

George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 468 pages
...extracted, which have sometimes been inserted among the poems of Quarles. Of Man's Mortality. LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning to the clay, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd...
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A select collection of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions, with anecdotes ...

Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...constituents. St. Saviour's Southwark. In memory of RICHARD HUMBLE, EsQ. Alderman of London, 1616. Like to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flow'r ot May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd...
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London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British ..., Volume 4

David Hughson - London (England) - 1807 - 696 pages
...of the 3 Crown-gate in Southwnrk* And on the north side of this monument are these linc-s! Like to the Damask Rose you see, Or like the Blossom on the Tree, Or like the dainty Flower of May, Or like the Morning of the Day ; * Tnbably Naxing, • . Or Or like -the Sun, or like...
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The Literary Magazine, and American Register, Volume 8

American literature - 1808 - 356 pages
...others, is the following epitaph on'a monument for Richard Humble, his wife, and two children. Like to the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day ; Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd...
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The Antiquarian Itinerary: Comprising Specimens of Architecture ..., Volume 2

James Storer - Architecture - 1816 - 214 pages
...of Elizabeth and James's time. The inscription is the most pleasing part of this monument: Like to the Damask Rose you see, Or like the Blossom on the Tree, Or like the dainty Flower of May, Or like the Morning of the Day ; Or like the Sun, or like the Shade, Or like the Gourd...
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The Antiquarian Itinerary: Comprising Specimens of Architecture ..., Volume 2

James Storer - Architecture - 1816 - 214 pages
...Elizaheth and James's time. The inscription is the most pleasing part of this monument: Like to the Damash Rose you see, Or like the Blossom on the Tree, Or like the dainty Flower of Mayt Or like the Morning of the Day ; Or like the Sun, or like the Shade, Or like the Gourd...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 45

England - 1839 - 894 pages
...Emblems and Divine Fancies had in this respect preferred a dishonest claim. ON MAN S MORTALITY. " Like as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning to the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd...
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