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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... Whose worth ambiguous rifes and declines ; Waxes and wanes ? ( in all propitious , night Affifts me here . ) Compare it to the moon ; Dark in herself , and indigent ; but rich In borrow'd luftre from a higher sphere ; When grofs guilt ...
... Whose worth ambiguous rifes and declines ; Waxes and wanes ? ( in all propitious , night Affifts me here . ) Compare it to the moon ; Dark in herself , and indigent ; but rich In borrow'd luftre from a higher sphere ; When grofs guilt ...
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... Whose all prolific beam late call'd me forth From darkness , teeming darkness , where I lay The worm's inferior , and , in rank , beneath The duft I tread on , high to bear my brow , To drink the spirit of the golden day , And triumph ...
... Whose all prolific beam late call'd me forth From darkness , teeming darkness , where I lay The worm's inferior , and , in rank , beneath The duft I tread on , high to bear my brow , To drink the spirit of the golden day , And triumph ...
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... whose nature , then , Took wing , and mounted with him from the tomb ! Then , then , I rofe ; then firft bumanity Triumphant paff'd the crystal ports of light , ( Stupendous gueft ! ) and feiz'd eternal youth ; Seiz'd in our name . Ere ...
... whose nature , then , Took wing , and mounted with him from the tomb ! Then , then , I rofe ; then firft bumanity Triumphant paff'd the crystal ports of light , ( Stupendous gueft ! ) and feiz'd eternal youth ; Seiz'd in our name . Ere ...
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... Whose fatal love ftaba ev'ry joy , and leaves Death's terror heightened , gnawing on his heart . Thefe pompous fons of Reafon idoliz'd , And vilify'd at once ; of Reafon dead , Then deify'd , as monarchs were of old ; What conduct ...
... Whose fatal love ftaba ev'ry joy , and leaves Death's terror heightened , gnawing on his heart . Thefe pompous fons of Reafon idoliz'd , And vilify'd at once ; of Reafon dead , Then deify'd , as monarchs were of old ; What conduct ...
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... Whose breath can blow it into nought again ; Or , from his throne fome delegated pow`r , Who , ftudious of our peace , doit turn the thought From vain and vile , to folid and fublime ! Unfeen Thou lead ft me to delicious draughts THE ...
... Whose breath can blow it into nought again ; Or , from his throne fome delegated pow`r , Who , ftudious of our peace , doit turn the thought From vain and vile , to folid and fublime ! Unfeen Thou lead ft me to delicious draughts THE ...
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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
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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...