The Complaint: Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality: To which is Added, a Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job..Printed in the year, 1771 - 263 oldal |
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... fears Start up alarm'd , and o'er life's narrow verge Look down - on what a fathomless abyfs ; A dread eternity ! how furely Mine ? And can eternity belong to me , Poor penfioner on the bounties of an hour ? How poor ? how rich ? how ...
... fears Start up alarm'd , and o'er life's narrow verge Look down - on what a fathomless abyfs ; A dread eternity ! how furely Mine ? And can eternity belong to me , Poor penfioner on the bounties of an hour ? How poor ? how rich ? how ...
1. oldal
... fear an end , That ghaftly thought would drink up all your joy , And quite unparadife the realms of light . Safe are you lodg'd above these rowling spheres ; " I he baleful influence of whofe giddy dance Sheds fad viciffitude on all ...
... fear an end , That ghaftly thought would drink up all your joy , And quite unparadife the realms of light . Safe are you lodg'd above these rowling spheres ; " I he baleful influence of whofe giddy dance Sheds fad viciffitude on all ...
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... Fear is facred to the ftorm ; Stand on thy guard against the Smiles of fate . Is heav'n tremenduous in its frown ? moft fure ; And in its favours formidable too ; Its favours here are Irials , not rewards ; A call to duty , not ...
... Fear is facred to the ftorm ; Stand on thy guard against the Smiles of fate . Is heav'n tremenduous in its frown ? moft fure ; And in its favours formidable too ; Its favours here are Irials , not rewards ; A call to duty , not ...
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... fear the sky retains ; The parted wave no furrow from the keel ; So dies in human hearts the thought of death : Even with the tender tear which nature sheds O'er those we love , we drop it in their grave . Can I forget Philander ? That ...
... fear the sky retains ; The parted wave no furrow from the keel ; So dies in human hearts the thought of death : Even with the tender tear which nature sheds O'er those we love , we drop it in their grave . Can I forget Philander ? That ...
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... fears around On all that faw ( and who would ceafe to gaze , That once had feen ? ) with hafte , parental hafte , I flew , I fnatch'd her from the rigil north , Her native bed , on which bleak Boreas blew , And bore her nearer to the ...
... fears around On all that faw ( and who would ceafe to gaze , That once had feen ? ) with hafte , parental hafte , I flew , I fnatch'd her from the rigil north , Her native bed , on which bleak Boreas blew , And bore her nearer to the ...
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æther againſt Ambition angels art thou becauſe beneath bleffings bleft blifs boaft bofom Book of JOB boundleſs caufe dark darkneſs death defcend DEITY deſpair diftant divine doft dread duft e'er earth eternal ev'ry facred fame fate fcene feems feen fenfe fhades fhall fhines fhould figh fight fink firft fkies flame fleeps fmile foar fome fong fons fool foon foul immortal fpirit ftars ftill ftrange ftrike fuch fure glory grave guilt happineſs heart heav'n himſelf hour human juft laft lefs life's Lorenzo man's mankind moft mortal moſt muft nature nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er Paffion paft pain peace Pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe prefent pride proud Reafon rife ſcene Senfe ſhall ſkies ſphere thee thefe theme theſe thine thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro throne triumph truth vaft virtue wafte whofe wife wing Wiſdom wretched
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7. oldal - ... 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.
20. oldal - Nature, in zeal for human amity, Denies or damps an undivided joy. Joy is an import; joy is an exchange; Joy flies monopolists; it calls for two: Rich fruit!
68. oldal - Our life, tho' still more rapid in its flow, Nor mark the much irrevocably laps'd, And mingled with the sea.
2. oldal - Death ! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine To tread out empire, and to quench the stars. The sun himself by thy permission shines, And one day thou shalt pluck him from his sphere...
17. oldal - 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.
45. oldal - He rose! he rose! he burst the bars of death. Lift up your heads, ye everlasting gates! And give the King of Glory to come in. Who is the King of Glory ? he who left His throne of glory for the pang of death. Lift up your heads, ye everlasting gates!
2. oldal - tis the common lot: In this shape or in that has Fate entail'd The mother's throes on all of woman born, Not more the children than sure heirs of pain.
19. oldal - 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.