The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave ; The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm ; These 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... Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality - Página 69por Edward Young - 1802 - 361 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| James Flamank - 1833 - 436 páginas
...one is increased with tales, so is the other." " The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave, The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm ; These are the bugbears of a winter's eve, The terror of the living, not the dead." YOUNG. The dissolution of all material things will sooner or later... | |
| 1834 - 344 páginas
...thoughi, and all her alarms are now quieted for ever : The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the gravr. The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm;—...winter's eve, The terrors of the living, not the dead. '224 «25 cleaned with л new sponge, or a sheet of white paper not yet traced upon by the indelible... | |
| Rival sisters - 1834 - 192 páginas
...deceives, not suffers, Death's tremendous blow. The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave, The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm. These...winter's eve, The terrors of the living, not the dead. LIFE. YOUNG. HENCE, horrible phantom ! away from my sight, Is it Death, the destroyer, I see ? Hence,... | |
| 1836 - 558 páginas
...Receives, not suffers, Death's tremendous blow. The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave ; The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm; These...fearing one. But were Death frightful, what has age to feu 1 If prudent, age should meet the friendly foe, And shelter in his hospitable gloom. I scarce can... | |
| Edward Young - 1837 - 556 páginas
...Receives, not suffers, death's tremendous blow. The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave; The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm; These...falls; And feels a thousand deaths, in fearing one. 6 But were death frightful, what has age to fear? If prudent, age should meet the friendly foe, And... | |
| 1837 - 646 páginas
...condition, and waking up to find that " Everlasting fool is writ in fire." Superstitious fears of death : " Man makes a death which nature never made, Then on the point of his own fancy falls." Desires increasing with age — " Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines." The bride... | |
| 1838 - 332 páginas
...blow. The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave, The deep damp vault, the darkness and ihe worm; These are the bugbears of a winter's eve, The...falls ; And feels a thousand deaths, in fearing one. YOUNG. WILLIAM TELL IN THE FIELD OF GBUTU. Tell. YE crags and peaks, I'm with you once again! I hold... | |
| Hermann Hedwig Bernard - 1839 - 208 páginas
...Í1a1P »1VP1? ПЛ» Dl 3rf?l mз1? 'п3 nbí1? '5П anз » See note on preceding page. nfoic^n pan Man makes a death which nature never made ; Then on...falls, And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one. YOUNG. niron ann nip iK"p. nin An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave ; Legions of angels can't... | |
| Thomas H. Palmer - 1840 - 328 páginas
...Receives, not suffers, Death's tremendous blow. The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave, The deep, damp vault, the darkness, and the worm ;...falls, And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one." — Night IV. A late popular writer observes, that, " In the whole course of our observation, there... | |
| 1842 - 1008 páginas
...rivers wind, And though immerged in earth from human eyes, Again break forth, and more conspicuous rise. Man makes a death which nature never made; Then on the point of his own fancy falls, And fuels a thousand deaths in fearing one.— Youxc. HISTORICAL NOTICE OF THE ' Rational Anthem, GOD SAVE... | |
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