Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and ImmortalityB.C. Buxby, 1818 - 301 páginas |
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... fair tree , fast by the throne of God . What golden joys ambrosial clust'ring glow In his full beam , and ripen for the just , Where momentary ages are no more ! 140 · Where Time , and Pain , and Chance , and Death expire ! And is it in ...
... fair tree , fast by the throne of God . What golden joys ambrosial clust'ring glow In his full beam , and ripen for the just , Where momentary ages are no more ! 140 · Where Time , and Pain , and Chance , and Death expire ! And is it in ...
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... fair 360 To labouring thought is born . How dim our eye ! The present moment terminates our sight ; Clouds , thick as those on doomsday , drown the next ; We penetrate , we prophesy in vain . 366 ! Time is dealt out by particles , and ...
... fair 360 To labouring thought is born . How dim our eye ! The present moment terminates our sight ; Clouds , thick as those on doomsday , drown the next ; We penetrate , we prophesy in vain . 366 ! Time is dealt out by particles , and ...
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... fair , As man's own choice , ( controller of the skies ) As man's despotic will , perhaps one hour , ( O how omnipotent is time ! ) decrees ; Should not each warning give a strong alarm ? Warning , far less than that of bosom torn From ...
... fair , As man's own choice , ( controller of the skies ) As man's despotic will , perhaps one hour , ( O how omnipotent is time ! ) decrees ; Should not each warning give a strong alarm ? Warning , far less than that of bosom torn From ...
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... fair days in winter for the spring , And turn our blessings into bane . Since oft Man must compute that age he cannot feel , He scarce believes he's older for his years : Thus at life's latest eve , we keep in store One disappointment ...
... fair days in winter for the spring , And turn our blessings into bane . Since oft Man must compute that age he cannot feel , He scarce believes he's older for his years : Thus at life's latest eve , we keep in store One disappointment ...
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... fair Is virtue kindling at a rival fire , 510 515 520 525 And emulously rapid in her race . O the soft enmity ! endearing strife ! 530 This carries friendship to her noon - tide point , And gives the rivet of eternity . From friendship ...
... fair Is virtue kindling at a rival fire , 510 515 520 525 And emulously rapid in her race . O the soft enmity ! endearing strife ! 530 This carries friendship to her noon - tide point , And gives the rivet of eternity . From friendship ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
adore ambition angels archangels art thou beam beneath bids blest bliss blood divine boast boundless call'd canst charms creation dæmons dark death deep Deity delight divine dost dread dust E'en earth EDWARD YOUNG endless eternal ethereal ev'ry fair fate fire flame fond fool gaze give glorious glory gods grave grief groan guilt happiness heart heav'n hope hour human illustrious indulge infidels life's light live Lorenzo man's mankind midnight mind mismeasured mortal Narcissa nature nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er Omnipotence orbs pain passion peace Philander pleasure pow'r praise pride proud reason Reason sleeps rise sacred scene sense shades shines sigh sight skies smile song soul immortal sphere stars stings storm strange thee theme thine thought throne thy disease tomb triumph truth virtue virtue's wing wisdom wise wish wonder wretched ye stars
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Página 11 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Página 21 - 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.
Página 9 - I wake : how happy they who wake no more ! Yet that were vain, if dreams infest the grave. I wake, emerging from a sea. of dreams Tumultuous; where my wreck'd, desponding thought, From wave to wave of fancied misery At random drove, her helm of reason lost.
Página 44 - Sweet harmonist! and beautiful as sweet! And young as beautiful! and soft as young! And gay as soft! and innocent as gay ! And happy (if aught happy here) as good ! For Fortune fond, had built her nest on high.
Página 11 - Though sullied*, and dishonour'd', still divine*? Dim miniature' of greatness absolute*! 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*!
Página 9 - 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. 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 26 - If nothing more than purpose in thy power, Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed. Who does the best his circumstance allows, Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.
Página 136 - Horrid with frost, and turbulent with storm, Blows autumn, and his golden fruits away : Then melts into the spring: soft spring, with breath Favonian, from warm chambers of the south, Recalls the first. All, to re-flourish, fades ; As in a wheel, all sinks, to re-ascend. Emblems of man, who passes, not expires. With this minute distinction, emblems just, Nature revolves, but man advances ; both Eternal, that a circle, this a line. That gravitates, this soars. Th' aspiring soul, Ardent, and tremulous,...
Página 21 - tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, That all men are about to live, For ever on the brink of being born ; All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel, and their pride On this reversion takes up ready praise (At least their own), their future selves applauds.
Página 10 - That column of true majesty in man ! — Assist me ; I will thank you in the grave ; The grave your kingdom ; there this frame shall fall A victim sacred to your dreary shrine. But what are ye ? Thou who didst put to flight Primeval Silence, when the morning stars, Exulting, shouted o'er the rising ball — O Thou, whose word from solid darkness struck That spark, the sun, strike wisdom from my soul — My soul, which flies to thee, her trust, her treasure, As misers to their gold, while others rest.