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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... rising ball ; O THOU ! whose word from flid Darkness ftruck That fpark , the fun ; ftrike wifdom from my foul ; My foul which flies to thee , her truft , her treasure , As mifers to the gold , while others reft . Thro ' this opaque of ...
... rising ball ; O THOU ! whose word from flid Darkness ftruck That fpark , the fun ; ftrike wifdom from my foul ; My foul which flies to thee , her truft , her treasure , As mifers to the gold , while others reft . Thro ' this opaque of ...
26. oldal
... rise ! Here nectar flows ; it fparkles in our fight ; Rich to the tafte , and genuine from the heart . High - flavour'd Blifs for gods ! on earth how rare ! On earth how Loft ! Philander is no more . Think'ft thou the theme intoxicates ...
... rise ! Here nectar flows ; it fparkles in our fight ; Rich to the tafte , and genuine from the heart . High - flavour'd Blifs for gods ! on earth how rare ! On earth how Loft ! Philander is no more . Think'ft thou the theme intoxicates ...
34. oldal
... rising ftorm ; O'erwhelming turrets threaten ere they fall ; Volcano's bellow ere they difembogue ; Earth themhle ere her yawning jaws devour ; And finoke betrays the wide confuming fire : Ruin from man is most conceal'd when near , And ...
... rising ftorm ; O'erwhelming turrets threaten ere they fall ; Volcano's bellow ere they difembogue ; Earth themhle ere her yawning jaws devour ; And finoke betrays the wide confuming fire : Ruin from man is most conceal'd when near , And ...
71. oldal
... rising charms ; Detects Temptation in a thousand lie . Truth bids me look on men , as Autumn leaves , And a 1 they bleed for as the fummer's duft , Driv ' by the whirlwind ; lighted by her beams , I widen my horizon , gain new powers ...
... rising charms ; Detects Temptation in a thousand lie . Truth bids me look on men , as Autumn leaves , And a 1 they bleed for as the fummer's duft , Driv ' by the whirlwind ; lighted by her beams , I widen my horizon , gain new powers ...
103. oldal
... rise our joys Above our native temper's common stream . Hence difappointment lurks in ev'ry prize , As bees in flow'rs ; and ftings us with fuccefs . The rich man , who denies it , proudly feigns ; Nor knows the wife are privy to the ...
... rise our joys Above our native temper's common stream . Hence difappointment lurks in ev'ry prize , As bees in flow'rs ; and ftings us with fuccefs . The rich man , who denies it , proudly feigns ; Nor knows the wife are privy 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.