Wisdom 5:11-13

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹¹ Or as when a bird flieth through the air, of the passage of which no mark can be found, but only the sound of the wings beating the light air, and parting it by the force of her flight; she moved her wings, and hath flown through, and there is no mark found afterwards of her way:

¹² Or as when an arrow is shot at a mark, the divided air presently cometh together again, so that the passage thereof is not known:

¹³ So we also being born, forthwith ceased to be: and have been able to shew no mark of virtue: but are consumed in our wickedness.