The Complaint, Or Night-thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality: Also, The Consolation; Night 9th and Last With the Life of the AuthorRice, 1800 |
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... Creation fleeps . ' Tis as the general pulfe Of life ftood ftill , and Nature made a pause ; An awful paufe ! prophetic of her end . And let her prophecy be foon fulfill'd ; 2-5- Fate ! drop the curtain ; I can lofe no THE ...
... Creation fleeps . ' Tis as the general pulfe Of life ftood ftill , and Nature made a pause ; An awful paufe ! prophetic of her end . And let her prophecy be foon fulfill'd ; 2-5- Fate ! drop the curtain ; I can lofe no THE ...
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... creation's melancholy vault , The vale funereal , the fad cypress gloom ; The land of apparitions , empty fhades ! All , allon earth is fhadow ; all beyond Is fubftance ; the reverfe is Folly's creed ; How folid all , where change shall ...
... creation's melancholy vault , The vale funereal , the fad cypress gloom ; The land of apparitions , empty fhades ! All , allon earth is fhadow ; all beyond Is fubftance ; the reverfe is Folly's creed ; How folid all , where change shall ...
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... creation , ( for then Time was born , ) By Godhead ftreaming through a thousand worlds ; Not on thofe terms , from the great days of heav'n , From old Eternity's myfterious orb , Was time cut off , and caft beneath the fkkies ; The kies ...
... creation , ( for then Time was born , ) By Godhead ftreaming through a thousand worlds ; Not on thofe terms , from the great days of heav'n , From old Eternity's myfterious orb , Was time cut off , and caft beneath the fkkies ; The kies ...
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... creation labours ! -Labours more ? And is there in creation what , amidst This tumult univerfal , wing d difpatch , And ardent energy , fupinely yawns ? — Man fleeps ; and man alone ; and man , whose fate , Fate irrevertible , entire ...
... creation labours ! -Labours more ? And is there in creation what , amidst This tumult univerfal , wing d difpatch , And ardent energy , fupinely yawns ? — Man fleeps ; and man alone ; and man , whose fate , Fate irrevertible , entire ...
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... creation has no more ; Or if we with a fourth , it is a friend- But friend , how mortal ! dangerous defire . Alone indeed , the banish'd from himself , By day's intrufions loud , and rude affaults , A tide of tumult , and a ftorm of ...
... creation has no more ; Or if we with a fourth , it is a friend- But friend , how mortal ! dangerous defire . Alone indeed , the banish'd from himself , By day's intrufions loud , and rude affaults , A tide of tumult , and a ftorm of ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
æther ambition angels art thou Becauſe beneath bleffings bleft blifs bofom boundleſs breaft caufe cauſe dark darkneſs death defcend Deity divine doft dread duft earth endleſs eternal ev'ry facred fafe fame fate fcene feems feen fenfe fhades fhall fhines fhocking fhould figh fight fing firft fkies fleeps fmile foar foft fome fong fons fool foon foul fpirit ftars ftill ftorm ftrike ftrong fuch fure glory grave guilt happineſs heart Heav'n himſelf hour human illuftrious immortal juft laft lefs life's loft LORENZO luftre man's mankind moft mortal moſt muft muſt Nature Nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er paffion pain peace pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe prefent pride proud Reafon rife ſcene ſhall ſkies ſphere ſtars ſtill thee thefe theme themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro throne truth univerfal vaft virtue whofe wifdom wife wing worfe wretched
Passagens conhecidas
Página 11 - 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.
Página 12 - ... 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.
Página 119 - tis revolution all ; All change ; no death. Day follows night ; and night The dying day ; stars rise, and set, and rise ; Earth takes th
Página 209 - Vain hope ! it is too late! Where, where, for shelter, shall the guilty fly, When consternation turns the good man pale ? Great day ! for which all other days were made ; For which earth rose from chaos, man from earth ; And an eternity, the date of gods, Descended on poor earth-created man ! Great day of dread, decision, and despair!
Página 52 - And soon as man, expert from time, has found The key of life, it opes the gates of death.
Página 52 - Pursuing, and pursued, each other's prey ; As wolves, for rapine; as the fox, for wiles ; Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. 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
Página 110 - Tis a proud mendicant: it boasts and begs; It begs an alms of homage from the throng, And oft the throng denies its charity.
Página 69 - Talk they of morals ! O thou bleeding Love ! Thou maker of new morals to mankind ! The grand morality is love of Thee.
Página 185 - Each branch of piety delight inspires ; Faith builds a bridge from this world to the next, O'er death's dark gulf, and all its horror hides...
Página 199 - To know the world, not love her, is thy point ; She gives but little, nor that little, long. There is, I grant, a triumph of the...