The Complaint: Or, Night-thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality: To which is Added A Paraphrase on Part of the Book of JobR. Chapman and A. Duncan, 1775 - 388 Seiten |
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... scene , the nobleft truths infpire . Nor lefs infpire my conduct , than my fong ; Teach my best reafon , reafon ; my best will Teach rectitude ; and fix my firm refolve Wisdom to wed , and pay her long arrear : Nor let the phial of thy ...
... scene , the nobleft truths infpire . Nor lefs infpire my conduct , than my fong ; Teach my best reafon , reafon ; my best will Teach rectitude ; and fix my firm refolve Wisdom to wed , and pay her long arrear : Nor let the phial of thy ...
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... scenes of permanent delight ! Full , above measure ! lafting , beyond bound ! A perpetuity of blifs is blifs . Could you , fo rich in rapture , fear an end , That ghaftly thought would drink up all your joy , And quite unparadife the ...
... scenes of permanent delight ! Full , above measure ! lafting , beyond bound ! A perpetuity of blifs is blifs . Could you , fo rich in rapture , fear an end , That ghaftly thought would drink up all your joy , And quite unparadife the ...
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... scene . If not fo frequent , would not this be strange ? That ' tis fo frequent , this is ftranger still . 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 still . 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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... scene . So could I touch thefe themes , as might obtain Thine ear , nor leave thy heart quite difengag'd , The good deed would delight me ; half - imprefs On my dark cloud an Iris ; and from grief Call glory . - Dost thou mourn ...
... scene . So could I touch thefe themes , as might obtain Thine ear , nor leave thy heart quite difengag'd , The good deed would delight me ; half - imprefs On my dark cloud an Iris ; and from grief Call glory . - Dost thou mourn ...
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... scenes Their luftre lofe , and leffen in our fight , ( As lands , and cities with their glittering spires , To the poor shatter'd bark , by sudden storm 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 glittering spires , To the poor shatter'd bark , by sudden storm Thrown off to fea , and foon to perish there ) Will toys amufe ? No : thrones will ...
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againſt ambition angels art thou becauſe beneath bleffings bleft blifs boaſt book of Job boundleſs breaſt cauſe darkneſs death defcend Deity divine Doft dread duft earth endleſs eternal ev'ry facred fafe fame fate fcene feems feen fenfe fhades fhall fhines fhould figh fight fink firſt fkies fleep fmile foft fome fong fons foon foul fpirit ftars ftill fuch fure glory guilt happineſs heart heav'n himſelf human illuftrious immortal juft laſt lefs life's loft Lorenzo man's moft mortal moſt muft muſt nature nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er paffions paft pain peace pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe prefent pride proud reafon rife ſcene ſcheme ſhall ſkies ſpeak ſphere ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtorm ſtream ſtrikes ſtrong thee thefe theme themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro throne truth vaft virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſdom wiſh wretched
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 16 - 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.
Seite 17 - At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same.
Seite 16 - Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, ' That all men are about to live, For ever on the brink of being born.' All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel : and their pride On this reversion takes up ready praise ; At least, their own ; their future selves applaud How excellent that life they ne'er will lead.
Seite 5 - The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they? With the years beyond the flood.
Seite 33 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news.
Seite 85 - Religion's All. Descending from the skies To wretched man, the goddess in her left Holds out this world, and, in her right, the next...
Seite 17 - ... 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.
Seite 16 - How excellent that life they ne'er will lead! Time lodg'd in their own hands is Folly's vails ; That lodg'd in Fate's to wisdom they consign ; The thing they can't but purpose they postpone.
Seite 103 - Virtue, for ever frail, as fair, below, Her tender nature suffers in the crowd, Nor touches on the world, without a stain : The world's infectious ; few bring back at eve, Immaculate, the manners of the morn.
Seite 7 - Embryos we must be till we burst the shell, Yon ambient azure shell, and spring to life, The life of gods, O transport ! and of man. Yet man, fool man ! here buries all his thoughts ; Inters celestial hopes without one sigh.