...And the glance that darts from that kindling eye, Outshineth his golden panoply. Man, that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is foil of misery.—Burial Service. A year hath passed since thou wert borne To the dark silent grave,...

...in the Burial Service must have told on every one's heart as it did on mine, — " Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery; he cometh up, and is cut down like a flower : he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in...

...: but the great majority of the human race never see this advanced period ; for " man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth...

...infirmity of our nature and the sorrow of our hearts, and pardon our manifold offences. Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery : he cometh up and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth, as it were a shadow, and never continueth...

...all, uncovered and with the silence of the dead, listened to the affecting ritual : " Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in...

...vapour, that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away." " Л man that Job *¡v. is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. lie cometh up and is cut down like a flower. He flieth as it were a shadow, and never contiiiui -tii...

...heretofore obscured by the euphemism prisoner. "I do not expect him to run away." "Man that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He ..." Sextus looked up at the cerulean sky, shutting out the drone of the Bahamian clergyman's solemn...

...device, the crowd from the church filed in around us, and the minister began again. "Man, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in...

...centuries, of course, a pessimistic view of life was taken more or less for granted. "Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misery", says the Prayer Book, with the air of stating something obvious. But it is a different matter to admit...

...and Dying. He was given ecclesiastical burial, and those present heard intoned: "Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up and is cut down, like a flower."'4 He was twenty-six. 1 . Harold Bloom, ed., John Keats...