Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and ImmortalityF. and C. Rivington, 1802 - 361 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα xiv
... piety , is not always most ornamental to domestic life ; and " the prose of ørdinary occurrences , " says Croft , " is beneath the dignity of poets . " reserving only a legacy to his friend Stevens , the xiv LIFE OF DR . YOUNG .
... piety , is not always most ornamental to domestic life ; and " the prose of ørdinary occurrences , " says Croft , " is beneath the dignity of poets . " reserving only a legacy to his friend Stevens , the xiv LIFE OF DR . YOUNG .
Σελίδα 10
... beneath the moon , Here pinions all his wishes ; wing'd by heav'n To fly at infinite ; and reach it there , Where seraphs gather immortality , On life's fair tree , fast by the throne of God . What golden joys ambrosial clust'ring glow ...
... beneath the moon , Here pinions all his wishes ; wing'd by heav'n To fly at infinite ; and reach it there , Where seraphs gather immortality , On life's fair tree , fast by the throne of God . What golden joys ambrosial clust'ring glow ...
Σελίδα 11
... beneath . Here teems with revolutions every hour ; And rarely for the better ; or the best , More mortal than the common births of fate . Each Moment has its sickle , emulous , Of Time's enormous scythe , whose ample sweep Strikes ...
... beneath . Here teems with revolutions every hour ; And rarely for the better ; or the best , More mortal than the common births of fate . Each Moment has its sickle , emulous , Of Time's enormous scythe , whose ample sweep Strikes ...
Σελίδα 30
... beneath the skies ; The skies , which watch him in his new abode , Measuring his motions by revolving spheres ; That horologe machinery divine . Hours , days , and months , and years , his children , play , Like num'rous wings around ...
... beneath the skies ; The skies , which watch him in his new abode , Measuring his motions by revolving spheres ; That horologe machinery divine . Hours , days , and months , and years , his children , play , Like num'rous wings around ...
Σελίδα 31
... beneath . Has Death his fopperies ? Then well may Life . Put on her plume , and in her rainbow shine . Ye well - array'd ! Ye lilies of our land ! Ye lilies male ! who neither toil , nor spin , ( As sister lilies might ) if not so wise ...
... beneath . Has Death his fopperies ? Then well may Life . Put on her plume , and in her rainbow shine . Ye well - array'd ! Ye lilies of our land ! Ye lilies male ! who neither toil , nor spin , ( As sister lilies might ) if not so wise ...
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Æther ambition angels art thou beam beneath bids blest bliss blood divine boast boundless call'd charms creation dæmons dark death deep DEITY delight deny'd divine Dost dread dust EARL OF LITCHFIELD earth EDWARD YOUNG endless eternal Ev'n ev'ry fair fate flame fond fool give glorious glory gods grave grief groan guilt happiness heart heav'n hope hour human illustrious life's light live LORENZO man's mankind midnight mind mortal NARCISSA nature nature's ne'er night Night Thoughts nought numbers o'er Omnipotence pain passion peace PHILANDER pleasure pow'r praise pride proud reason rise sacred scene sense shew shines sigh sight skies smile song soul immortal sphere stars stings storm strange strike thee theme thine thought thro throne thy disease tomb triumph truth virtue virtue's Winchester College wing wisdom wise wish wonder wretched
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Σελίδα 18 - 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.
Σελίδα 19 - 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.
Σελίδα 12 - 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.
Σελίδα xi - In his 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.
Σελίδα 8 - 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 ! О what a miracle to man is man.
Σελίδα 6 - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end.
Σελίδα 18 - 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.
Σελίδα 9 - This is the desert, this the solitude : How populous, how vital, is the grave! This is creation's melancholy vault, The vale funereal, the sad cypress gloom ; The land of apparitions, empty shades ! All, all on earth is shadow, all beyond Is substance ; the reverse is folly's creed?
Σελίδα 72 - Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in, " Here he lies," And " Dust to dust
Σελίδα 264 - Some angel guide my pencil, while I draw, What nothing less than angel can exceed, A man on earth devoted to the skies ; Like ships at sea, while in, above the world. With aspect mild, and elevated eye, Behold him seated on a mount serene, Above the fogs of sense, and passion's storm ; All the black cares, and tumults, of this life, (Like harmless thunders, breaking at his feet) Excite his pity, not impair his peace.