 | George Wadleigh - 1913 - 356 pages
...has left a wife and two small children to bemoan his loss. While man is growing, Life is in decrease, And Cradles rock us nearer to the Tomb. Our Birth is nothing but our Death begun, As Tapers waste the instant they take Fire. July 2. — No Post Office being established in Dover at this time... | |
 | Frederick Parkes Weber - 1918 - 850 pages
...lines in Edward Young's Night Thoughts (Night 5) :— " While man is growing life is in decrease ; And cradles rock us nearer to the tomb. Our birth is nothing but our death begun." Inscriptions such as " Memento inori," " Vive rnemor lethi," occur on certain coins, tokens, " Sterbemunzen,"... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 408 pages
...linked more close than wedded pair. The Grave. R. ULAIK. While man is growing, life is in decrease ; And cradles rock us nearer to the tomb. Our birth is nothing but our death begun. Nifht Thought!, Night v. DR. E. YOUNG. Our days begin with trouble here, Our life is but a span, And... | |
 | Martin Booth - 2003 - 414 pages
...cries: More Life, More Wealth, more Trash of ev'ry kind. and While Man is growing, Life is in Decrease; And Cradles rock us nearer to the Tomb. Our Birth is nothing but our Death begun; As Tapers waste, that Instant they take Fire. He stopped reading. Bob was standing in the doorway holding two... | |
 | Robert Burns Shaw - 2007 - 321 pages
...on mortality is not enhanced by Young's lack of subtlety: While Man is growing, Life is in Decrease; And Cradles rock us nearer to the Tomb. Our birth is nothing but our Death begun; As Tapers wast, that Instant they take Fire. (Night V, 717-20) Young, also, had written copiously in couplets... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - 1869 - 474 pages
...who the second, basely flies the field. FRANCIS QUARLES, WHILE man is growing, life is in decrease; And cradles rock us nearer to the tomb. Our birth is nothing but our death begun; As tapers waste that instant they take fire. YOUNG. HE sins against this life, who slights the next. YOUNG. THE... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1106 pages
...nature to eternity. Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE. While man is growing, life is in decrease ; thundered : Stormed at with shot Night Thoughts, Night v. DR. E. YOUNG. Our days begin with trouble here, Our life is but a span, And... | |
 | National Society Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia - 1924 - 514 pages
...HOLMES THE SON OF DR. LIBERTY AND MRS. SUSANNAH HOLMES DIED NOV. J0, J80J AGED X MONTHS THE CRADLE ROCKS US NEARER TO THE TOMB OUR BIRTH IS NOTHING BUT OUR DEATH BEGUN. QUARTERMAN, MARY [ J745-J770 ] HERE LIETH THE BODY OF MARY QUARTERMAN WIFE— QUARTERMAN WHO DIED NOVEMBER... | |
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While man is growing, life is in decrease; And cradles rock us nearer to the tomb. Our birth is nothing but our death begun ; As tapers waste, that instant they take fire. 
