Like to the falling of a star; Or as the flights of eagles are; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue; Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like a wind that chafes the flood; Or bubbles which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight... Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth: Delivered at ... - Page 226 by William Hazlitt - 1821 - 356 pages Full view -
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