Night ThoughtsC. Whittingham, 1798 - 386 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 22
... that are not lost ? Why wanders wretched thought their tombs around , In infidel distress ? Are angels there ? Slumber's rak'd up in dust , ethereal fire ? · 110 T.Stothard Esq . R.A.del ! R Rothwell sailp ! Yet 4 THE COMPLAINT .
... that are not lost ? Why wanders wretched thought their tombs around , In infidel distress ? Are angels there ? Slumber's rak'd up in dust , ethereal fire ? · 110 T.Stothard Esq . R.A.del ! R Rothwell sailp ! Yet 4 THE COMPLAINT .
الصفحة 22
... fires , Wasting her strength in strenuous idleness , Thrown into tumult , raptur'd , or alarm'd At aught this scene can threaten , or indulge , Resembles ocean into tempest wrought , To waft a feather , or to drown a fly . 150 160 Where ...
... fires , Wasting her strength in strenuous idleness , Thrown into tumult , raptur'd , or alarm'd At aught this scene can threaten , or indulge , Resembles ocean into tempest wrought , To waft a feather , or to drown a fly . 150 160 Where ...
الصفحة 22
... Fire , Intestine Broils , Oppression , with her heart Wrapt up in triple brass , besiege mankind . GOD's image , disinherited of day , Here , plung'd in mines , forgets a sun was made ; There , beings , deathless as their haughty lord ...
... Fire , Intestine Broils , Oppression , with her heart Wrapt up in triple brass , besiege mankind . GOD's image , disinherited of day , Here , plung'd in mines , forgets a sun was made ; There , beings , deathless as their haughty lord ...
الصفحة 22
... fire . Dark , though not blind , like thee , Mæonides ! Or , Milton ! thee ; ah ! could I reach your Or his , who made Mæonides our own . Man too he sung : Immortal Man I sing . Oft bursts my song beyond the bounds of life ; What now ...
... fire . Dark , though not blind , like thee , Mæonides ! Or , Milton ! thee ; ah ! could I reach your Or his , who made Mæonides our own . Man too he sung : Immortal Man I sing . Oft bursts my song beyond the bounds of life ; What now ...
الصفحة 28
... fire 350 To reach the distant skies , and triumph there On thrones , which shall not mourn their masters chang'd ; Though we from earth ; ethereal , they that fell . Such veneration due , O Man ! to Man , 355 Who venerate themselves the ...
... fire 350 To reach the distant skies , and triumph there On thrones , which shall not mourn their masters chang'd ; Though we from earth ; ethereal , they that fell . Such veneration due , O Man ! to Man , 355 Who venerate themselves the ...
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æther ambition angels archangels art thou awful beam beneath bids blest bliss blood divine boast boundless charms Christian creation dæmons dark Death deep Deity deny'd divine Dost dread dream dust earth EDWARD YOUNG endless eternal Ev'n ev'ry fate flame fond fool give glorious glory gods grave grief guilt happiness heart Heav'n High Holborn hope hour human illustrious infidels life's light Line live LORENZO Man's mankind midnight mighty mind mortal NARCISSA Nature Nature's ne'er night NIGHT THOUGHTS nought numbers o'er Omnipotence pain passions peace PHILANDER Pleasure poison'd pow'r praise pride proud Reason rise sacred scene sense shew shines sigh sight skies smile song soul immortal sov'reign sphere stars stings strange strike sublime thee theme thine thought throne tomb triumph truth Virtue Virtue's WINCHESTER COLLEGE wing wisdom wise wish wonder wretched
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الصفحة 22 - 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.
الصفحة 28 - 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.
الصفحة 22 - And is it in the flight of threescore years To push eternity from human thought, And smother souls immortal in the dust?
الصفحة 13 - Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice ; and thrice my peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn.
الصفحة 22 - An heir of glory'! a frail child of dust*! Helpless immortal'! insect infinite*! A worm'! a god*! — I tremble' at myself, And in myself am lost*!
الصفحة 16 - For letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky...
الصفحة 59 - When in this vale of years I backward look, And miss such numbers, numbers too of such, Firmer in health, and greener in their age, And stricter on their guard, and fitter far To play life's subtle game, I scarce believe I still survive...
الصفحة 22 - A worm ! a God ! — I tremble at myself, And in myself am lost. At home -a, stranger, Thought wanders up and down, surprised, aghast, And wondering at her own. How Reason reels ! O what a miracle to man is man ! Triumphantly distress'd ! what joy!
الصفحة 13 - Night Thoughts" he has exhibited a very wide display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour. This is one of the few poems in which blank verse could not be changed for rhyme but with disadvantage.
الصفحة 22 - TIRED Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep ! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where Fortune smiles ; the wretched he forsakes ; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unsullied with a tear.