The Complaint: Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality: To which is Added, a Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job..Printed in the year, 1771 - 263 Seiten |
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... face ; Not fuch as THIS ; not fuch as nature makēs ; A Midnight , nature shudder'd to behold ; A Midnight new ! a dread eclipfe ( without Oppofing spheres ) from her Creator's frown ! Sun ! didst thou fly thy Maker's pain ? or start At ...
... face ; Not fuch as THIS ; not fuch as nature makēs ; A Midnight , nature shudder'd to behold ; A Midnight new ! a dread eclipfe ( without Oppofing spheres ) from her Creator's frown ! Sun ! didst thou fly thy Maker's pain ? or start At ...
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... face of nature ! how improv'd ! What feem'd a Chaos , fhines a glorious world , Or , what a world , an EDEN ; heighten'd all ! It is another fcene ! another felf ! And ftill another , as time rolls along ; And that a SELF far more ...
... face of nature ! how improv'd ! What feem'd a Chaos , fhines a glorious world , Or , what a world , an EDEN ; heighten'd all ! It is another fcene ! another felf ! And ftill another , as time rolls along ; And that a SELF far more ...
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... face , to countenance the coin . Wisdom for parts is madness for the whole . This ftamps the paradox , and gives us leave To call the wifeft weak the richest poor , The most ambitious , unambitious , mean ; In triumph , mean ; and ...
... face , to countenance the coin . Wisdom for parts is madness for the whole . This ftamps the paradox , and gives us leave To call the wifeft weak the richest poor , The most ambitious , unambitious , mean ; In triumph , mean ; and ...
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... face Of happiness , nor know it is a fhade ; But gaze and touch , and peep , and peep again , And with , and wonder it is abfent ftill . How few can rescue opulence from want ! Who lives to Nature , rarely can be poor ; Who lives to ...
... face Of happiness , nor know it is a fhade ; But gaze and touch , and peep , and peep again , And with , and wonder it is abfent ftill . How few can rescue opulence from want ! Who lives to Nature , rarely can be poor ; Who lives to ...
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... kingdoms channell'd deep from thore to shole ; And chang'd creation takes its face from man . Beats thy brave breaft for formidable scenes , K T + 1 The 4 Where fame and empire wait upon the fword ? See The IMFIDEL RECLAIM'D . 109.
... kingdoms channell'd deep from thore to shole ; And chang'd creation takes its face from man . Beats thy brave breaft for formidable scenes , K T + 1 The 4 Where fame and empire wait upon the fword ? See The IMFIDEL RECLAIM'D . 109.
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æther againſt Ambition angels art thou becauſe beneath bleffings bleft blifs boaft bofom Book of JOB boundleſs caufe dark darkneſs death defcend DEITY deſpair diftant divine doft dread duft e'er earth eternal ev'ry facred fame fate fcene feems feen fenfe fhades fhall fhines fhould figh fight fink firft fkies flame fleeps fmile foar fome fong fons fool foon foul immortal fpirit ftars ftill ftrange ftrike fuch fure glory grave guilt happineſs heart heav'n himſelf hour human juft laft lefs life's Lorenzo man's mankind moft mortal moſt muft nature nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er Paffion paft pain peace Pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe prefent pride proud Reafon rife ſcene Senfe ſhall ſkies ſphere thee thefe theme theſe thine thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro throne triumph truth vaft virtue wafte whofe wife wing Wiſdom wretched
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 7 - ... 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 20 - Nature, in zeal for human amity, Denies or damps an undivided joy. Joy is an import; joy is an exchange; Joy flies monopolists; it calls for two: Rich fruit!
Seite 68 - Our life, tho' still more rapid in its flow, Nor mark the much irrevocably laps'd, And mingled with the sea.
Seite 2 - Death ! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine To tread out empire, and to quench the stars. The sun himself by thy permission shines, And one day thou shalt pluck him from his sphere...
Seite 17 - 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 45 - He rose! he rose! he burst the bars of death. Lift up your heads, ye everlasting gates! And give the King of Glory to come in. Who is the King of Glory ? he who left His throne of glory for the pang of death. Lift up your heads, ye everlasting gates!
Seite 2 - tis the common lot: In this shape or in that has Fate entail'd The mother's throes on all of woman born, Not more the children than sure heirs of pain.
Seite 19 - To gentle life's descent We shut our eyes, and think it is a plain. We take fair days in winter, for the spring; And turn our blessings into bane.