Night ThoughtsC. Whittingham, 1798 - 386 من الصفحات |
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... lives in the many excellent directions " he has left us , both how to live and how to die . " Our author , who was an only son , was born at his father's rectory , in 1681 , and received the first part of his education ( as his father ...
... lives in the many excellent directions " he has left us , both how to live and how to die . " Our author , who was an only son , was born at his father's rectory , in 1681 , and received the first part of his education ( as his father ...
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... Lives of the Poets , written by Mr. HERBERT CROFT , with the Critique of Dr. JOHNSON , and compared with the BIOGRAPHIA BRITANNICA , and other respectable authorities . CONTENTS . NIGHT I. On Life , Death , and 22 LIFE OF DR . YOUNG .
... Lives of the Poets , written by Mr. HERBERT CROFT , with the Critique of Dr. JOHNSON , and compared with the BIOGRAPHIA BRITANNICA , and other respectable authorities . CONTENTS . NIGHT I. On Life , Death , and 22 LIFE OF DR . YOUNG .
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Edward Young. T.Stothard Esq . R.A.del ! R Rothwell sailp ! Yet Man foot . Man here buries all his thoughts ; London : Published Oct. 25th 1797 by T. Heptinstall No 304 Holborn . Page.S. ! They live ! they greatly live ! a life on.
Edward Young. T.Stothard Esq . R.A.del ! R Rothwell sailp ! Yet Man foot . Man here buries all his thoughts ; London : Published Oct. 25th 1797 by T. Heptinstall No 304 Holborn . Page.S. ! They live ! they greatly live ! a life on.
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Edward Young. They live ! they greatly live ! a life on earth Unkindled , unconceiv'd ! and from an eye Of tenderness , let heav'nly pity fall On me , more justly number'd with the dead . This is the desert , this the solitude : 115 How ...
Edward Young. They live ! they greatly live ! a life on earth Unkindled , unconceiv'd ! and from an eye Of tenderness , let heav'nly pity fall On me , more justly number'd with the dead . This is the desert , this the solitude : 115 How ...
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... 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 ; 400 At least their own ; their future selves applauds ...
... 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 ; 400 At least their own ; their future selves applauds ...
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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.