Night ThoughtsC. Whittingham, 1798 - 386 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 10
... turn ; and , for- saking the law , which he had never practised , when he was almost fifty he entered into orders , and was in 1728 , appointed Chaplain to the King . One of POPE's biographers relates , that , on this occasion YOUNG ...
... turn ; and , for- saking the law , which he had never practised , when he was almost fifty he entered into orders , and was in 1728 , appointed Chaplain to the King . One of POPE's biographers relates , that , on this occasion YOUNG ...
الصفحة 18
... turn one Sunday at St. JAMES's , finding he could not gain the attention of his audience , his pity for their folly got the better of all decorum ; he sat back in the pulpit , and burst into a flood of tears . His turn of mind was ...
... turn one Sunday at St. JAMES's , finding he could not gain the attention of his audience , his pity for their folly got the better of all decorum ; he sat back in the pulpit , and burst into a flood of tears . His turn of mind was ...
الصفحة 22
... turns , And , his guard falling , crushes him to death . Not Happiness itself makes good her name ; very wishes give us not our wish . Our How distant oft the thing we doat on most , From that for which we doat , felicity ! The ...
... turns , And , his guard falling , crushes him to death . Not Happiness itself makes good her name ; very wishes give us not our wish . Our How distant oft the thing we doat on most , From that for which we doat , felicity ! The ...
الصفحة 22
... turns Oft , the first instant ; its idea fair To lab'ring thought is born . How dim our eye ! The present moment terminates our sight ; 360 Clouds , thick as those on doomsday , drown the next ; We penetrate , we prophesy in vain . 366 ...
... turns Oft , the first instant ; its idea fair To lab'ring thought is born . How dim our eye ! The present moment terminates our sight ; 360 Clouds , thick as those on doomsday , drown the next ; We penetrate , we prophesy in vain . 366 ...
الصفحة 22
... least . - On other themes I'll dwell . LORENZO ! let me turn my thoughts on thee , And thine , on themes may profit ; profit there , D 10 Where most thy need . Themes , too , the NIGHT II On Time, Death, and Friendship · 17.
... least . - On other themes I'll dwell . LORENZO ! let me turn my thoughts on thee , And thine , on themes may profit ; profit there , D 10 Where most thy need . Themes , too , the NIGHT II On Time, Death, and Friendship · 17.
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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.