The Complaint: Or, Night-thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality: To which is Added A Paraphrase on Part of the Book of JobR. Chapman and A. Duncan, 1775 - 388 страница |
Из књиге
Резултати 6-10 од 69
Страница 25
... man ! Like children babling nonfenfe in their sports , We cenfure nature for a fpan too short ; That span too short , we ... man's falfe optics ( from his folly falfe ) Time , in advance , behind him hides his wings , And feems to creep ...
... man ! Like children babling nonfenfe in their sports , We cenfure nature for a fpan too short ; That span too short , we ... man's falfe optics ( from his folly falfe ) Time , in advance , behind him hides his wings , And feems to creep ...
Страница 27
... man , because untouch'd , unfeen , He looks on time as nothing . Nothing elfe Is truly man's ; ' tis fortune's . - Time's a god . Thou haft ne'er heard of Time's omnipotence ; For , or against , what wonders can he do ! And will : to ...
... man , because untouch'd , unfeen , He looks on time as nothing . Nothing elfe Is truly man's ; ' tis fortune's . - Time's a god . Thou haft ne'er heard of Time's omnipotence ; For , or against , what wonders can he do ! And will : to ...
Страница 34
... man's own choice , ( controuler of the skies ! ) As man's defpotic will , perhaps one hour , ( O how omnipotent is time ! ) decrees ; Should not each warning give a strong alarm ? Warning , far lefs than that of bofom torn From bofom ...
... man's own choice , ( controuler of the skies ! ) As man's defpotic will , perhaps one hour , ( O how omnipotent is time ! ) decrees ; Should not each warning give a strong alarm ? Warning , far lefs than that of bofom torn From bofom ...
Страница 35
... Man's make enclofes the fure feeds of death ; Life feeds the murderer : ingrate ! he thrives On her own meal , and then his nurfe devours . But , here , Lorenzo , the delufion lies : That folar fhadow , as it measures life , It life ...
... Man's make enclofes the fure feeds of death ; Life feeds the murderer : ingrate ! he thrives On her own meal , and then his nurfe devours . But , here , Lorenzo , the delufion lies : That folar fhadow , as it measures life , It life ...
Страница 41
... man , fhou'd fleep unfung ! And yet it fleeps , by genius unawak'd , Painim or Christian ; to the blush of wit . Man's highest triumph ! man's profoundest fall ! The death - bed of the juft ! is yet undrawn By mortal hand : it merits a ...
... man , fhou'd fleep unfung ! And yet it fleeps , by genius unawak'd , Painim or Christian ; to the blush of wit . Man's highest triumph ! man's profoundest fall ! The death - bed of the juft ! is yet undrawn By mortal hand : it merits a ...
Друга издања - Прикажи све
Чести термини и фразе
againſt ambition angels art thou becauſe beneath bleffings bleft blifs boaſt book of Job boundleſs breaſt cauſe darkneſs death defcend Deity divine Doft dread duft earth endleſs eternal ev'ry facred fafe fame fate fcene feems feen fenfe fhades fhall fhines fhould figh fight fink firſt fkies fleep fmile foft fome fong fons foon foul fpirit ftars ftill fuch fure glory guilt happineſs heart heav'n himſelf human illuftrious immortal juft laſt lefs life's loft Lorenzo man's moft mortal moſt muft muſt nature nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er paffions paft pain peace pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe prefent pride proud reafon rife ſcene ſcheme ſhall ſkies ſpeak ſphere ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtorm ſtream ſtrikes ſtrong thee thefe theme themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro throne truth vaft virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſdom wiſh wretched
Популарни одломци
Страница 16 - 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 17 - 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 16 - 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 5 - The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they? With the years beyond the flood.
Страница 33 - 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.
Страница 85 - Religion's All. Descending from the skies To wretched man, the goddess in her left Holds out this world, and, in her right, the next...
Страница 17 - ... 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.
Страница 16 - How excellent that life they ne'er will lead! Time lodg'd in their own hands is Folly's vails ; That lodg'd in Fate's to wisdom they consign ; The thing they can't but purpose they postpone.
Страница 103 - Virtue, for ever frail, as fair, below, Her tender nature suffers in the crowd, Nor touches on the world, without a stain : The world's infectious ; few bring back at eve, Immaculate, the manners of the morn.
Страница 7 - Embryos we must be till we burst the shell, Yon ambient azure shell, and spring to life, The life of gods, O transport ! and of man. Yet man, fool man ! here buries all his thoughts ; Inters celestial hopes without one sigh.