The Complaint: Or, Night-thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality. [By E. Young.]Printed in the year, 1755 - 316 páginas |
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... strange extremes ? From different natures , marvelously mixt , Connexion exquifite of distant worlds ! Diftinguifht link in being's endless chain ! Midway from nothing to the Deity ! A beam etherial fully'd , and absorpt ! Tho ' fully'd ...
... strange extremes ? From different natures , marvelously mixt , Connexion exquifite of distant worlds ! Diftinguifht link in being's endless chain ! Midway from nothing to the Deity ! A beam etherial fully'd , and absorpt ! Tho ' fully'd ...
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... strange ? That ' tis fo frequent , this is stranger ftill . 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 ...
... strange ? That ' tis fo frequent , this is stranger ftill . 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 ...
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... strange ; O my full heart ! - —But should I give it vent , The longest night , tho ' longer far , would fail , And the lark liften to my midnight long . The fpritely lark's fhrill mattin wakes the morn ; Grief's er , NIGHT - THOUGHTS ...
... strange ; O my full heart ! - —But should I give it vent , The longest night , tho ' longer far , would fail , And the lark liften to my midnight long . The fpritely lark's fhrill mattin wakes the morn ; Grief's er , NIGHT - THOUGHTS ...
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... Strange ! the theme most affecting , moft fublime , Momentous most to man , fhou'd fleep unfung ! And yetit fleeps , by genius unawak'd , Painim or Chriftian ; to the blush of wit . Man's highest triumph ! man's profoundest fall ! The ...
... Strange ! the theme most affecting , moft fublime , Momentous most to man , fhou'd fleep unfung ! And yetit fleeps , by genius unawak'd , Painim or Chriftian ; to the blush of wit . Man's highest triumph ! man's profoundest fall ! The ...
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... strange ! Yet oft his courtefies are smoother wrongs ; Pride brandishes the favours he confers , And contumelious his humanity : What then his vengeance ? hear it not , ye stars ! And thou , pale moon ! turn paler at the found ; Man is ...
... strange ! Yet oft his courtefies are smoother wrongs ; Pride brandishes the favours he confers , And contumelious his humanity : What then his vengeance ? hear it not , ye stars ! And thou , pale moon ! turn paler at the found ; Man is ...
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againſt ambition angels art thou beneath bleft blifs boaſt boundleſs breaſt burſt caufe cauſe dark darkneſs death defcend Deity diftant divine doft dread duft duſt earth endleſs eternal ev'ry facred fame fate fcene feen fenfe fhall fhines fhould figh fight firſt fkies fleeps fmile foar foft fome fong fons fool foon foul fpirit frikes ftars ftill fuch fure glory grave guilt happineſs heart heav'n himſelf hope hour human immortal juft laſt lefs life's Lorenzo lyes man's mankind moft mortal moſt muſt nature nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er paffion pain paſt peace pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe prefent pride proud reafon rife ſcene ſhall ſkies ſpeak ſphere ſtand ſtars ſtill ſtorm ſtrike ſtrong thee thefe theme themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro throne truth univerfal virtue whofe whoſe wife wing wiſdom wiſh worfe wretched