Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities.
All is Vanity, Saith the Preacher by George Gordon, Lord Byron (From Hebrew Melodies - 1815) On the Day of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus 1; Fame, wisdom, love, and power were mine, And health and youth possess’d me; My goblets blush’d from every vine, And lovely forms caress’d me.
Fame, wisdom, love, and power were mine,And health and youth possessed me;My goblets blushed from every vine,And lovely forms caressed me;I sunned my heart in beauty eyes,And felt my soul grow tender;All earth can give, or mortal prize,Was mine of regal splendour.I strive to number o er what daysRemembrance can discover,Which all that life or earth displaysWould lure me to.
This is an analysis of the poem A Son Of The Soil that begins with: Said the Preacher “All is Vanity!”—appending as a reason That the things we find our pleasure in are bound to pass and pall.
This is an analysis of the poem The One Certainty that begins with: Vanity of vanities, the Preacher saith, All things are vanity. The eye and ear.
In “All Is Vanity, Saith the Preacher,” it is asserted that even poetry is helpless against despair. Any discussion of the meaning of “She Walks in Beauty” should also point out how inconsistent.
This combination, along with the experiments of life, lead to his conclusion: All is vanity. Ecc. 1:1-2, 13-17; Let’s gather together (the very title of the Book: Ecclesiastes) and listen to the preacher as he offers the counsel of eternal wisdom. All EArthly Endeavors Are Vanity. Wants (pleasure). Ecc. 2:1-11.
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. (Ecclesiastes 1:2-4).