Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine To tread out empire, and to quench the stars. The sun himself by thy permission shines; And, one day, thou shalt pluck him from his sphere. Amid such mighty plunder, why exhaust Thy partial quiver on a mark so... The Complaint: Or, Night Thoughts - Página 9de Edward Young - 1837 - 293 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| John Bell - 1796 - 470 páginas
...heart l Death ! great proprietor of all ! 'tis thirte z05 To tread out empire, and to quench the stars. The sun himself by thy permission shines-, And, one...day, thou shalt pluck him from his sphere : Amid such rriighty plunder, why exhaust Thy partial quiver on a mark so mean ? z10 \Vhy thy peculiar rancour... | |
| Edward Young - 1798 - 432 páginas
...embrace ! What darts of agony had miss'd my heart! Death ! great proprietor of all ! 'tis thine 205 The sun himself by thy permission shines; And, one day, thou shalt pluck him from his sphere. Amidst such mighty plunder, why exhaust Thy partial quiver on a mark so mean? 210 Why thy peculiar... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 páginas
...lamented, none that has read the " Night " Thoughts" (and who has not read them ?) needs to be informed. Insatiate Archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice ; and thrice my peace was slain j And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn. Yet how is it possible that Mr. and Mrs. Temple... | |
| Edward Young - 1802 - 420 páginas
...dear Narcissa. I was walking in a place called In this celebrated poem he thus addresses Death : " Insatiate archer! could not one suffice? " Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace was slain J " And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn. These lines have been universally understood... | |
| Edward Young - 1802 - 146 páginas
...died not long after, and to these successive dissolutions, Young alludes in these remarkable lines : Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace was slain ; thrice e'er thrice yon mooa had filled her horn. Mr. and Mrs. Temple are thought to be the Philander... | |
| Edward Young - 1805 - 284 páginas
...The sun himself by thy permissiori^hines, And, one day, thou shalt pluck him from his sphere. Amidst such mighty plunder, why exhaust Thy partial quiver on a mark so mean ? Why thy peculiar rancor wreak'd on me ? Insatiate archer! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft slew thrice; and thrice... | |
| Edward Young - 1805 - 238 páginas
...vil. They begin now to verge from their bigotn, *» and allow them at least to be men, though n-tf " Insatiate archer! could not one suffice ? " Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace wa " slain; " And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd he " horn. " christians, I believe); and that... | |
| James Beresford - 1806 - 384 páginas
...but one, he having gone up twice, and you not once — losing all your three lives running. Ned Tes. Amid such mighty plunder, why exhaust. Thy partial...quiver on a mark so mean ? Why thy peculiar rancour wreck'd on me ? Isatiate Archer ! * could not once suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice — and thrice my... | |
| James Beresford - 1807 - 246 páginas
...but one, he having gone up twice, and you not once — losing all your three Uses running. JVed Tes. Amid such mighty plunder, why exhaust Thy partial...quiver on a mark so mean ? Why thy peculiar rancour wreck'd on me ? Insatiate Archer .'* could not once suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice — and thrice... | |
| James Beresford - 1807 - 360 páginas
...the players but one, he having gone up twice, and you not once — losing all your three running. " Amid such mighty plunder, why exhaust Thy partial...quiver on a mark so mean ? Why thy peculiar rancour wrecked on me ? Insatiate Archer ! * could not once suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice — and thrice... | |
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