The Complete Poetical Works of Edward Young: With Life ; Eight Steel EngravingsGall & Inglis, 1866 - 502 oldal |
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17. oldal
... 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 As Solomon , more sumptuous to the sight ! Ye delicate ! who nothing can support , Yourselves ...
... 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 As Solomon , more sumptuous to the sight ! Ye delicate ! who nothing can support , Yourselves ...
25. oldal
... shine with azure , green , and gold ; How blessings brighten as they take their flight ! His flight Philander took ; his upward flight , If ever soul ascended . Had he dropt , ( That eagle genius ! ) O had he let fall One feather as he ...
... shine with azure , green , and gold ; How blessings brighten as they take their flight ! His flight Philander took ; his upward flight , If ever soul ascended . Had he dropt , ( That eagle genius ! ) O had he let fall One feather as he ...
38. oldal
... shine ! Art , genius , fortune , elevated power ! With various lustres these light up the world , Which death puts out , and darkens human race . ' I graut , Lorenzo ! this indictment just : The sage , peer , potentate , king ...
... shine ! Art , genius , fortune , elevated power ! With various lustres these light up the world , Which death puts out , and darkens human race . ' I graut , Lorenzo ! this indictment just : The sage , peer , potentate , king ...
53. oldal
... shine The noblest truths ; there strongest motives sting There sacred violence assaults the soul ; There , nothing but compulsion is forborne . Can love allure us ? or can terror awe ? He weeps ! -the falling drop puts out the sun ; He ...
... shine The noblest truths ; there strongest motives sting There sacred violence assaults the soul ; There , nothing but compulsion is forborne . Can love allure us ? or can terror awe ? He weeps ! -the falling drop puts out the sun ; He ...
82. oldal
... shine . O what a precious pack of votaries Unkennell'd from the prisons , and the stews , Pour in , all op'ning in their idol's praise ; All , ardent , eye each wafture of her hand , And , wide - expanding their voracious jaws , Morsel ...
... shine . O what a precious pack of votaries Unkennell'd from the prisons , and the stews , Pour in , all op'ning in their idol's praise ; All , ardent , eye each wafture of her hand , And , wide - expanding their voracious jaws , Morsel ...
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ambition angels art thou awful beams beneath bids bless blest bliss boast book of Job breast Britain charms Codrus crown dare dark death deep divine dost dread dust earth EDWARD YOUNG eternal ev'ry fair fame fate fear fire flame fool frown genius give glorious glory gods grace grave grief groan guilt happiness heart heaven hour human illustrious immortal labour leviathan life's light lord Lorenzo man's mankind mighty mind mortal muse nature nature's ne'er night Night Thoughts nought numbers nymphs o'er pain passion peace Pindar pleasure praise pride proud rage rapture reason renown rise sacred satire scene seas sense shine sight skies smile song soul spleen stars sting storm sublime sweet tempest thee theme thine thought throne thunder trembling triumph truth twill virtue virtue's Voltaire wing wisdom wise wretched ye stars
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1. oldal - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!
8. oldal - 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! Time lodged in their own hands is Folly's vails; That lodged in Fate's to wisdom they consign; The thing they can't but purpose, they postpone.
8. oldal - 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...
1. oldal - Distinguished link in being's endless chain ! Midway from nothing to the Deity ! A beam ethereal, sullied and absorpt ! Though sullied and dishonoured, still divine ! Dim miniature of greatness absolute ! 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.
297. oldal - Think nought a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life.
4. oldal - 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.
277. oldal - I'm nearer death in this verse than the last : What then is to be done ? be wise with speed : A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
17. oldal - Where shall I find Him ? Angels ! tell me where. You know him ; He is near you : point him out : Shall I see glories beaming from his brow ? Or trace his footsteps by the rising flowers...
149. oldal - Attend my song, and thou shalt know them all ; And know thyself; and know thyself to be (Strange truth !) the most abstemious man alive.
56. oldal - As wise as Socrates, might justly stand The definition of a modern fool. A Christian is the highest style of man : And is there, who the blessed cross wipes off...