The Complaint, Or Night-thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality: Also, The Consolation; Night 9th and Last With the Life of the AuthorRice, 1800 |
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... scenes of And from each fcene the nobleft infpire . Nor lefs infpire my conduct , than my song ; Teach my best reason , reafon ; my best will Teach rectitude ; and fix my firm refolve Wisdom to wed , and pay her long arrear . Nor let ...
... scenes of And from each fcene the nobleft infpire . Nor lefs infpire my conduct , than my song ; Teach my best reason , reafon ; my best will Teach rectitude ; and fix my firm refolve Wisdom to wed , and pay her long arrear . Nor let ...
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... scene can threaten or indulge , Refembles ocean into tempeft wrought , To waft a feather , or to drown a fly . Where ... scenes of permanent delight ! Full above meafure ! lafting , beyond bound ! A perpetuity of blifs is blifs . Could ...
... scene can threaten or indulge , Refembles ocean into tempeft wrought , To waft a feather , or to drown a fly . Where ... scenes of permanent delight ! Full above meafure ! lafting , beyond bound ! A perpetuity of blifs is blifs . Could ...
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... scene . If not fo frequent , would not this be strange ? That ' tis fo frequent , this is ftranger ftill . Of man's miraculous mistakes , this bears The palm , " That all men are about to live , ” For ever on the brink of being born ...
... scene . If not fo frequent , would not this be strange ? That ' tis fo frequent , this is ftranger ftill . Of man's miraculous mistakes , this bears The palm , " That all men are about to live , ” For ever on the brink of being born ...
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... scenes Their luftre lofe , and leffen in our fight , ( As lands , and cities with their glitt'ring fpires . To the poor shatter'd bark , by fudden form Thrown off to fea , and foon to perish there ) Will toys amufe ? -No ; Thrones will ...
... scenes Their luftre lofe , and leffen in our fight , ( As lands , and cities with their glitt'ring fpires . To the poor shatter'd bark , by fudden form Thrown off to fea , and foon to perish there ) Will toys amufe ? -No ; Thrones will ...
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... scenes ; Since by Life's paffing breath , blown up from earth , Light , as the Summer's duft , we take , in air , A moment's giddy flight , and fall again ; Join the dull mafs , increase the trodden foil , And fleep till earth herself ...
... scenes ; Since by Life's paffing breath , blown up from earth , Light , as the Summer's duft , we take , in air , A moment's giddy flight , and fall again ; Join the dull mafs , increase the trodden foil , And fleep till earth herself ...
Términos y frases comunes
æther ambition angels art thou Becauſe beneath bleffings bleft blifs bofom boundleſs breaft caufe cauſe dark darkneſs death defcend Deity divine doft dread duft earth endleſs eternal ev'ry facred fafe fame fate fcene feems feen fenfe fhades fhall fhines fhocking fhould figh fight fing firft fkies fleeps fmile foar foft fome fong fons fool foon foul fpirit ftars ftill ftorm ftrike ftrong fuch fure glory grave guilt happineſs heart Heav'n himſelf hour human illuftrious immortal juft laft lefs life's loft LORENZO luftre man's mankind moft mortal moſt muft muſt Nature Nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er paffion pain peace pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe prefent pride proud Reafon rife ſcene ſhall ſkies ſphere ſtars ſtill thee thefe theme themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro throne truth univerfal vaft virtue whofe wifdom wife wing worfe wretched
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Página 11 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Página 12 - ... immortal. All men think all men mortal but themselves ; Themselves, when some alarming shock of Fate Strikes through their wounded hearts the sudden dread : But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close; where past the shaft no trace is found.
Página 119 - tis revolution all ; All change ; no death. Day follows night ; and night The dying day ; stars rise, and set, and rise ; Earth takes th
Página 209 - Vain hope ! it is too late! Where, where, for shelter, shall the guilty fly, When consternation turns the good man pale ? Great day ! for which all other days were made ; For which earth rose from chaos, man from earth ; And an eternity, the date of gods, Descended on poor earth-created man ! Great day of dread, decision, and despair!
Página 52 - And soon as man, expert from time, has found The key of life, it opes the gates of death.
Página 52 - Pursuing, and pursued, each other's prey ; As wolves, for rapine; as the fox, for wiles ; Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in " Here he lies :" And dust " to dust
Página 110 - Tis a proud mendicant: it boasts and begs; It begs an alms of homage from the throng, And oft the throng denies its charity.
Página 69 - Talk they of morals ! O thou bleeding Love ! Thou maker of new morals to mankind ! The grand morality is love of Thee.
Página 185 - Each branch of piety delight inspires ; Faith builds a bridge from this world to the next, O'er death's dark gulf, and all its horror hides...
Página 199 - To know the world, not love her, is thy point ; She gives but little, nor that little, long. There is, I grant, a triumph of the...