...1651 (written about 1625?). It has been ascribed also to Raleigh, Donne, and others. HPHE world 'sa bubble, and the life of man •*• Less than a span;...wretched, from the womb, So to the tomb; Curst from his cradle, and brought up to years With cares and fears. Who then to frail mortality shall trust But...

...aged man his right To be your beadsman now that was your knight. George Peek [iss8?-is97?l THE WORLD THE World's a bubble, and the life of Man Less than...wretched, — from the womb, So to the tomb; Curst from his cradle, and brought up to years With cares and fears. Who then to frail mortality shall trust,...

...accredited verse, 'A Translation of Certain Psalms into English Verse' (1624). A poem on 'The World,'— "The world's a bubble, and the life of man less than a span," — is sometimes ascribed to him, but is of doubtful authorship. See ESSAYS OF BACON. Bibliography....

...the exploded theory that Lord Bacon was the true author of Shakespeare's plays) as follows : — " The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man Less than a span." William Drummond, of Hawthornden (1585-1649), likewise compares human life to a bubble : — " This...

...P. 321. (Ed. 1763) (See also JOHNSON) 6 The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than aspan: w ꁀ C % ҉ ː L his cradle, and brought up to years with cares and fears. Who then to frail mortality shall trust,...

...star Helps Love to summon war ; Both now embracing be. G. CHAPMAN From Reliquiae Wottonianae, 1651 The World's a bubble, and the life of man Less than...conception wretched, from the womb, So to the tomb; Nurst from his cradle, and brought up to years With cares and fears. Who then to frail mortality shall...

...Lyrics." In that admirably chosen anthology figure Lord Bacon's meditative stanzas beginning: The worid's a bubble, and the life of man Less than a span ; In...conception wretched, from the womb So to the tomb; Cursed from his cradie, and brought up to years With cares and fears. Who. then, to frail mortality...

...to our consideration of the dramas of the "Concealed Poet," Francis Tudor, named Viscount St. Alban. The world's a bubble and the life of man Less than a span; In his conception wretched from the woombe, So to the tombe, Curst from the cradel, and brought up to years, With cares and fears. Who...

...and fear, Saying, — JIan is distant, but God Is near ! THOMAS I'KINGLH. THE WORLD. THE World 'sa bubble, and the Life of Man Less than a span : In...wretched, from the womb, So to the, tomb ; Curst from his cradle, and brought up to years With cares and fears. Who then to frail mortality shall trust,...

...found himself wondering how any being of ordinary intelligence could think that the same hand wrote, "The World's a bubble, and the life of Man Less than a span"; and then, "Hark! hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings." Or if there be a faint doubt about "The World,"...