...His Lordship was a good Poet, but conceal'd, as appeares by his Letters : The world's a Bubble, pnd the life of man Less than a span ; In his conception wretched, from the wombe So to the tombe ; Curst from his cradle, and brought up to yeares With cares and feares. Who...

...hate to see the foot going the way of the furlong. (So long to the furlong.) As Francis Bacon said, The world's a bubble and the life of man Less than a span. A span is a handsbreadth, or nine inches. Since I am a small woman, not only is my life less than a...

...for seven long year. reindeer: horned deer. Liberty's a glorious feast ! —Burns, The Jolly Beggars The World's a bubble, and the Life of man Less than...conception wretched, from the womb So to the tomb; Cursed from his cradle, and brought up to years With cares and fears. Who then to frail mortality shall...

...the English poets: Francis Bacon this time. This is the famous opening to his one anthology piece: The world's a bubble; and the life of man Less than a span. The whole idea of the impermanence of beautiful things is of course a commonplace amongst poets of...

...especial reverence. Your Lordship's loving friend, FR. ST. ALBAN. Poems and Psalms 'The world's a bubble' THE world's a bubble, and the life of man less than...fears. Who then to frail mortality shall trust, But lirnns0 on0 water, or but writes in dust. Yet since with sorrow here we live opprest, what life is...

...water has, And these are of them : whither are they vanished ». Et dans The World, Bacon prononce : « The world's a bubble, and the life of man less than a span »3". Que ce proverbe ait été très connu et bien compris des lettrés du XVI' siècle, c'est ce...