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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... less inspire my Conduct than my Sɔng ; Teach my beft reason , reafon my best will , Teach rectitude ; and fix my firm refolve Wisdom to wed , and pay her long arrear . Nor let the vial of thy vengeance pour'd On this devoted head be ...
... less inspire my Conduct than my Sɔng ; Teach my beft reason , reafon my best will , Teach rectitude ; and fix my firm refolve Wisdom to wed , and pay her long arrear . Nor let the vial of thy vengeance pour'd On this devoted head be ...
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... less of ours , when Such the bait . Ye fortune's cofferers ! ye pow'rs of wealth ! You do your Rent - rolls most felonious wrong , By taking our attachment to Yourselves . Can gold gain friendship ? impudence of hope ! As well mere man ...
... less of ours , when Such the bait . Ye fortune's cofferers ! ye pow'rs of wealth ! You do your Rent - rolls most felonious wrong , By taking our attachment to Yourselves . Can gold gain friendship ? impudence of hope ! As well mere man ...
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... his call , But holds him fast , in chains of darkness bound , ' ' Till nature dies , and judgment fets him free ; A freedom , far less welcome than his chain , ' F But grant man happy ; grant him happy long ; The CHRISTIAN TRIUMPH . 61.
... his call , But holds him fast , in chains of darkness bound , ' ' Till nature dies , and judgment fets him free ; A freedom , far less welcome than his chain , ' F But grant man happy ; grant him happy long ; The CHRISTIAN TRIUMPH . 61.
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... less inspir'd . It pleads exemption from the laws of SENSE ; Confiders Reafon as a leveler ; And fcorns to share a blefing with the croud . That wife it coULD be , thinks an amp e claim To GLOKY , and to Pleasure gives the reft ...
... less inspir'd . It pleads exemption from the laws of SENSE ; Confiders Reafon as a leveler ; And fcorns to share a blefing with the croud . That wife it coULD be , thinks an amp e claim To GLOKY , and to Pleasure gives the reft ...
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... LESS than man can share . Were they as vain as gaudy - minded man , As flatulent with fumes of felf - applaufe , Their arts and conquefts Animals might boaft , And claim their Laurel crowns , as well as we ; But not Celeftial . HERE we ...
... LESS than man can share . Were they as vain as gaudy - minded man , As flatulent with fumes of felf - applaufe , Their arts and conquefts Animals might boaft , And claim their Laurel crowns , as well as we ; But not Celeftial . HERE we ...
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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
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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.