Night ThoughtsC. Whittingham, 1798 - Всего страниц: 386 |
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... tell him a gentleman wished to speak to him . " Tell him , " says the Doctor , “ I am too happily engaged to change my situation . " The ladies insisted that he should go , as his visitor was a man of rank , his patron , and his friend ...
... tell him a gentleman wished to speak to him . " Tell him , " says the Doctor , “ I am too happily engaged to change my situation . " The ladies insisted that he should go , as his visitor was a man of rank , his patron , and his friend ...
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... tell . Part with it as with life : Reluctant ; big With holy hope of nobler time to come ; Time higher aim'd , still nearer the Of Men and Angels ; virtue more divine . Is this our duty , wisdom , glory , gain ? ( These Heav'n benign in ...
... tell . Part with it as with life : Reluctant ; big With holy hope of nobler time to come ; Time higher aim'd , still nearer the Of Men and Angels ; virtue more divine . Is this our duty , wisdom , glory , gain ? ( These Heav'n benign in ...
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... tell me where . 325 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 flow'rs ? Your golden wings , now hov'ring o'er him , shed Protection ; now , are waving ...
... tell me where . 325 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 flow'rs ? Your golden wings , now hov'ring o'er him , shed Protection ; now , are waving ...
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... tell me what : The wisest cannot tell . Should any born of woman give his thought Full range , on just dislike's unbounded field ; Of things , the vanity ; of men , the flaws ; Flaws in the best ; the many , flaw all o'er ; As leopards ...
... tell me what : The wisest cannot tell . Should any born of woman give his thought Full range , on just dislike's unbounded field ; Of things , the vanity ; of men , the flaws ; Flaws in the best ; the many , flaw all o'er ; As leopards ...
Стр. 72
... tell me , mighty Mind ! What art thou ? Shall I dive into the deep ? Call to the sun , or ask the roaring winds , For their Creator ? Shall I question loud The thunder , if in that th ' Almighty dwells ? Or holds he furious storms in ...
... tell me , mighty Mind ! What art thou ? Shall I dive into the deep ? Call to the sun , or ask the roaring winds , For their Creator ? Shall I question loud The thunder , if in that th ' Almighty dwells ? Or holds he furious storms in ...
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æther ambition angels archangels art thou awful beam beneath bids blest bliss blood divine boast boundless charms Christian creation dæmons dark Death deep Deity deny'd divine Dost dread dream dust earth EDWARD YOUNG endless eternal Ev'n ev'ry fate flame fond fool give glorious glory gods grave grief guilt happiness heart Heav'n High Holborn hope hour human illustrious infidels life's light Line live LORENZO Man's mankind midnight mighty mind mortal NARCISSA Nature Nature's ne'er night NIGHT THOUGHTS nought numbers o'er Omnipotence pain passions peace PHILANDER Pleasure poison'd pow'r praise pride proud Reason rise sacred scene sense shew shines sigh sight skies smile song soul immortal sov'reign sphere stars stings strange strike sublime thee theme thine thought throne tomb triumph truth Virtue Virtue's WINCHESTER COLLEGE wing wisdom wise wish wonder wretched
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Стр. 22 - 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.
Стр. 28 - 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.
Стр. 22 - And is it in the flight of threescore years To push eternity from human thought, And smother souls immortal in the dust?
Стр. 13 - 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.
Стр. 22 - 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*!
Стр. 16 - For letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky...
Стр. 59 - When in this vale of years I backward look, And miss such numbers, numbers too of such, Firmer in health, and greener in their age, And stricter on their guard, and fitter far To play life's subtle game, I scarce believe I still survive...
Стр. 22 - 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 ! O what a miracle to man is man ! Triumphantly distress'd ! what joy!
Стр. 13 - 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.
Стр. 22 - TIRED Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep ! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where Fortune smiles ; the wretched he forsakes ; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unsullied with a tear.