The poetical works of ... E. Young. With the life of the author. Cooke's ed, Volume 11799 |
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... darkness how profound ! Nor eye nor lift'ning ear an object finds Creation fleeps . ' Tis as the gen'ral pulse Of life ftood still , and nature made a paufe ; An awful paufe ! prophetic of her end . And let her prophecy be foon fulfill ...
... darkness how profound ! Nor eye nor lift'ning ear an object finds Creation fleeps . ' Tis as the gen'ral pulse Of life ftood still , and nature made a paufe ; An awful paufe ! prophetic of her end . And let her prophecy be foon fulfill ...
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... What now but immortality can please ? O had he prefs'd his theme , purfu'd the track Which opens out of darkness into day ! O had he mounted on his wing of fire , 450 455 Soar'd where I fink , and fung immortal man , 26 YOUNG'S POEMS .
... What now but immortality can please ? O had he prefs'd his theme , purfu'd the track Which opens out of darkness into day ! O had he mounted on his wing of fire , 450 455 Soar'd where I fink , and fung immortal man , 26 YOUNG'S POEMS .
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... darkness drown the spacious vale , Undampt by doubt , undarken'd by despair , Philander thus augustly rears his head , At that black hour , which gen'ral horror sheds On the low level of th ' inglorious throng : 690 Sweet peace , and ...
... darkness drown the spacious vale , Undampt by doubt , undarken'd by despair , Philander thus augustly rears his head , At that black hour , which gen'ral horror sheds On the low level of th ' inglorious throng : 690 Sweet peace , and ...
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... Darkness , brooding o'er unfinish'd Fates , With raven wing incumbent , waits the day ( Dread day ! ) that interdicts all future change ! That fubterranean world , that land of ruin ! Fit walk , Lorenzo , for proud human thought ! There ...
... Darkness , brooding o'er unfinish'd Fates , With raven wing incumbent , waits the day ( Dread day ! ) that interdicts all future change ! That fubterranean world , that land of ruin ! Fit walk , Lorenzo , for proud human thought ! There ...
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... darkness , and the worm ; 11 Thefe are the bugbears of a winter's eve , The terrors of the living , not the dead ; Imagination's fool , and Error's wretch . Man makes a death which Nature never made ; Then on the point of his own fancy ...
... darkness , and the worm ; 11 Thefe are the bugbears of a winter's eve , The terrors of the living , not the dead ; Imagination's fool , and Error's wretch . Man makes a death which Nature never made ; Then on the point of his own fancy ...
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The poetical works of ... E. Young. With the life of the author ..., Volume 2 Edward Young Visualização integral - 1799 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
againſt ambition angels art thou bleffings blefs'd blifs bofom boundleſs breaſt caufe cauſe dæmons darkneſs death defcend Deity deſpair diftant divine doft dread duft earth endleſs eternal ev'ry facred fafe fame fate fatires fcene feems feen fenfe fhades fhall fhines fhould figh fight fkies flain fleeps fmile foar foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul fpirit ftars ftill ftrange ftrike fuch fure glory grave grief guilt happineſs heart heaven himſelf human illuftrious immortal juft laft lefs life's loft Lorenzo luftre man's moft mortal moſt muft muſt Nature Nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er paffion paft pain paſt peace pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe prefent pride proud reafon rife ſcene ſhall ſkies ſmile ſphere ſtars ſtill thee thefe theme theſe thine thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro throne truth univerfal virtue whofe wifdom wife wing wretched
Passagens conhecidas
Página 43 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n.
Página 25 - 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 15 - From short (as usual) and disturb'd repose I wake : how happy they who wake no more ! Yet that were vain, if dreams infest the grave.
Página 197 - All the black cares and tumults of this life, Like harmless thunders, breaking at his feet, Excite his pity, not impair his peace.
Página 57 - While reason and religion, better taught, Congratulate the dead, and crown his tomb With wreath triumphant.
Página 62 - From darkness, teeming darkness, where I lay The worm's inferior, and, in rank, beneath The dust I tread on, high to bear my brow, To drink the spirit of the golden day, And triumph in existence ; and couldst know No motive, but my bliss ; and hast ordain'd A rise in blessing ! with the patriarch's joy...
Página 30 - How heavily we drag the load of life! Blest leisure is our curse; like that of Cain, It makes us wander, wander earth around, To fly that tyrant Thought. As Atlas groan'd The world beneath, we groan beneath an hour.
Página 25 - How excellent that life they ne'er will lead! Time lodg'd in their own hands is Folly's vails ; That lodg'd in Fate's to wisdom they consign ; The thing they can't but purpose they postpone.
Página 119 - Enjoy the various riches nature yields ; Far nobler ! give the riches they enjoy ; Give taste to fruits ; and harmony to groves ; Their radiant beams to gold, and gold's bright...
Página 21 - Here, plung'd in mines, forgets a sun was made. There, beings deathless as their haughty lord, Are hammer'd to the galling oar for life ; And plough the winter's wave, and reap despair. Some, for hard masters, broken under arms, In battle lopt away, with half their limbs, Beg bitter bread thro' realms their valour sav'd, If so the tyrant, or his minion, doom.