The Complaint, Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorParker amd Bliss, 1812 - 273 страница |
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... peace was flain ; And thrice , ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn . ' He wrote his Conjectures on Original Compofition when he was turned of 80 ; if it has blemishes mixed with its beauties , it is not to be wondered at , when we ...
... peace was flain ; And thrice , ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn . ' He wrote his Conjectures on Original Compofition when he was turned of 80 ; if it has blemishes mixed with its beauties , it is not to be wondered at , when we ...
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... peace was flain And thrice , ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn . O Cynthia why fo pale ? Doft thou lament Thy wretched neighbour ? grieve to fee thy wheel Of ceafelefs change outwhirl'd in human life ? How wanes my borrow'd blifs ...
... peace was flain And thrice , ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn . O Cynthia why fo pale ? Doft thou lament Thy wretched neighbour ? grieve to fee thy wheel Of ceafelefs change outwhirl'd in human life ? How wanes my borrow'd blifs ...
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... peace . Man's caution often into danger turns , And his guard falling , crushes him to death .. Not happiness itself makes good her name ; Our very wishes give us not our wish . How distant oft the thing we doat on most , From that for ...
... peace . Man's caution often into danger turns , And his guard falling , crushes him to death .. Not happiness itself makes good her name ; Our very wishes give us not our wish . How distant oft the thing we doat on most , From that for ...
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... peace . Beware what earth calls happiness ; beware All joys , but joys that never can expire . Who builds on lefs than an immortal base , Fond as he feems , condemns his joys to death . Mine dy'd with thee , Philander ! thy laft figh ...
... peace . Beware what earth calls happiness ; beware All joys , but joys that never can expire . Who builds on lefs than an immortal base , Fond as he feems , condemns his joys to death . Mine dy'd with thee , Philander ! thy laft figh ...
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... which the Deity to please ordain'd , Time ns'd . The man who confecrates his hours By vigorous effort , and an honest aim , At once he draws the fting of life and death ; He walks with nature ; and her paths are peace 30 THE COMPLAINT .
... which the Deity to please ordain'd , Time ns'd . The man who confecrates his hours By vigorous effort , and an honest aim , At once he draws the fting of life and death ; He walks with nature ; and her paths are peace 30 THE COMPLAINT .
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againſt ambition angels art thou becauſe beneath beſt bleffings bleft blifs boaſt bofom boundleſs caufe cauſe dæmons darkneſs death defcend Deity deſpair diftant divine Doft dread duft earth endleſs eternal ev'ry facred fafe fame fate fcenes feems feen fenfe fhades fhall fhines fhould figh fight firſt fkies fleeps fmiles foar foft fome fong fons fool foon foul fpirit ftars ftill ftrike ftrong fuch fure glory grave guilt happineſs heart heav'n himſelf human illuftrious immortal juft juſt laft lefs life's loft Lorenzo man's mankind moft mortal moſt muſt nature nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er paffion pain paſt peace pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe prefent pride proud reafon rife ſcene ſhall ſkies ſmile ſpeak ſphere ſtars ſtill thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro throne truth univerfal vaft virtue whofe whoſe wife wing wiſdom wiſh worfe wretched
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Страница 22 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Страница 13 - I wake : how happy they who wake no more ! Yet that were vain, if dreams infest the grave. I wake, emerging from a sea. of dreams Tumultuous; where my wreck'd, desponding thought, From wave to wave of fancied misery At random drove, her helm of reason lost.
Страница 23 - 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.
Страница 178 - Ocean ! thou dreadful and tumultuous home Of dangers, at eternal war with man ! Death's capital, where most he domineers...
Страница 23 - Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, ' That all men are about to 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 ; At least, their own ; their future selves applaud How excellent that life they ne'er will lead.
Страница 18 - More mortal than the common births of fate. Each Moment has its sickle, emulous, Of Time's enormous scythe, whose ample sweep Strikes empires from the root ; each moment plays His little weapon in the narrower sphere Of sweet domestic comfort, and cuts down The fairest bloom of sublunary bliss.
Страница 14 - Lead it through various scenes of life and death, And from each scene the noblest truths inspire. Nor less inspire my conduct than my song ; Teach my best reason, reason; my best will...
Страница 37 - 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.
Страница 73 - Though yet unsung, as deem'd, perhaps, too bold ? Angels are men of a superior kind ; Angels are men in lighter habit clad, High o'er celestial mountains wing'd in flight ; And men are angels, loaded for an hour, Who wade this miry vale, and climb with pain, And slippery step, the bottom of the steep.
Страница 21 - Is heaven tremendous in its frowns ? Most sure; And in its favours formidable too: Its favours here are trials, not rewards; A call to duty, not discharge from care ; And should alarm us full as much as woes...