The poetical works of ... E. Young. With the life of the author. Cooke's ed, Volume 11799 |
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... human gr ef . In few , to cloie the whole , The moral Mufe has fhadow'd out a sketch , Tho ' not in form , nor with a Raphael ftroke , Of moft our weakness needs believe or do , In this our land of travail and of hope , For peace on ...
... human gr ef . In few , to cloie the whole , The moral Mufe has fhadow'd out a sketch , Tho ' not in form , nor with a Raphael ftroke , Of moft our weakness needs believe or do , In this our land of travail and of hope , For peace on ...
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... Human Life . dedicated to the Queen , and a fer- mon preached before the House of Commons , January30th , 1729 , on the Martyrdom of King Charles , entitled An Apo- ty for Princes , or The Reverence due to Government . In In 1730 , he ...
... Human Life . dedicated to the Queen , and a fer- mon preached before the House of Commons , January30th , 1729 , on the Martyrdom of King Charles , entitled An Apo- ty for Princes , or The Reverence due to Government . In In 1730 , he ...
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... human hearts . To Refignation was prefixed an apology for its appear- ance , to which more credit is due than to the generality of fuch apologies , from the author's unufual anxiety that no more productions of his old age fhould ...
... human hearts . To Refignation was prefixed an apology for its appear- ance , to which more credit is due than to the generality of fuch apologies , from the author's unufual anxiety that no more productions of his old age fhould ...
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... human nature . His leading paffions seem to have been ambition and avarice , from which it has been deemed very fingular , that though he most diligently fought he ne- ver obtained any preferment in the church , except that which he ...
... human nature . His leading paffions seem to have been ambition and avarice , from which it has been deemed very fingular , that though he most diligently fought he ne- ver obtained any preferment in the church , except that which he ...
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... human weal heaven hufbands all events : 105 110 115 Dull fleep inftructs , nor sport vain dreams in vain . Why then their lofs deplore that are not loft ? Why wanders wretched Thought their tombs around In infidel diftrefs ? Are angels ...
... human weal heaven hufbands all events : 105 110 115 Dull fleep inftructs , nor sport vain dreams in vain . Why then their lofs deplore that are not loft ? Why wanders wretched Thought their tombs around In infidel diftrefs ? Are angels ...
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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.