The Complaint: Or, Night-thoughts on Life, Death, & ImmortalityPeter Wilson, 1747 - 321 páginas |
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... o'er a flumb'ring world : Silence , how dead ! and Darkness how profound ! Nor Eye , nor lift'ning Ear an Object finds ; Creation fleeps . " Tis , as the gen'ral Pulfe Of Life ftood ftill , and Nature made a Pause ; An aweful paufe ...
... o'er a flumb'ring world : Silence , how dead ! and Darkness how profound ! Nor Eye , nor lift'ning Ear an Object finds ; Creation fleeps . " Tis , as the gen'ral Pulfe Of Life ftood ftill , and Nature made a Pause ; An aweful paufe ...
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... o'er life's narrow Verge Look down-- -on what ? a fathomless Abyss ; A dread Eternity ! how furely mine ! And can Eternity belong to me , Poor Penfioner on the bounties of an Hour ? How poor ? how rich ? how abject ? how auguft ? How ...
... o'er life's narrow Verge Look down-- -on what ? a fathomless Abyss ; A dread Eternity ! how furely mine ! And can Eternity belong to me , Poor Penfioner on the bounties of an Hour ? How poor ? how rich ? how abject ? how auguft ? How ...
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... o'er my limbs Sleep's foft dominion spread , What , tho ' my Soul phantastic Measures trod , O'er Fairy Fields ; or mourn'd along the gloom Of pathlefs Woods : or down the craggy Steep Hurl'd headlong , wam with pain the mantled Pool Or ...
... o'er my limbs Sleep's foft dominion spread , What , tho ' my Soul phantastic Measures trod , O'er Fairy Fields ; or mourn'd along the gloom Of pathlefs Woods : or down the craggy Steep Hurl'd headlong , wam with pain the mantled Pool Or ...
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... o'er With foft conceit of endlefs Comfort here , Nor yet put forth her Wings to reach the skies ? Night - vifions may befriend , ( as fung above ) Our waking Dreams are fatal : How I dreamt Of things Impoffible ? ( could Sleep do more ...
... o'er With foft conceit of endlefs Comfort here , Nor yet put forth her Wings to reach the skies ? Night - vifions may befriend , ( as fung above ) Our waking Dreams are fatal : How I dreamt Of things Impoffible ? ( could Sleep do more ...
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... dark Postern of Time long elaps'd , Led foftly , by the ftillness of the Night , Led , like a Murderer , ( and fuch it proves ! ) Strays , Strays , wretched Rover ! o'er the pleafing Pafts In Or , NIGHT - THOUGHTS , & c .
... dark Postern of Time long elaps'd , Led foftly , by the ftillness of the Night , Led , like a Murderer , ( and fuch it proves ! ) Strays , Strays , wretched Rover ! o'er the pleafing Pafts In Or , NIGHT - THOUGHTS , & c .
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The Complaint: Or, Night-thoughts on Life, Death,&immortality. The ..., Volume 2 Edward Young Visualização completa - 1749 |
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Æther againſt Ambition Angels art thou Becauſe beneath beſt Bleffings bleft Blifs Bliſs bluſh Boaft Bofom boundleſs Breaft Caufe Cauſe Chimæras Dæmons dark Darkneſs Death defcend DEITY Divine doft dreadful Duft Earth endleſs Eternity ev'ry facred Fame Fate feen fhall fhines fhould firft Firſt Flame fleeps fome Fool foon Friend ftill ftrikes ftrong fuch fure Glory Grave Guilt Happineſs Heart Heav'n Himſelf Hour human illuftrious Immortal inſpire Juft laft lefs Life's loft LORENZO Love Luftre Man's Mankind moft mortal moſt muft muſt Nature Nature's ne'er Night nought Numbers o'er Paffion paft Pain Peace Pleaſure Pow'r Praiſe Prefent Pride proud Reaſon Reft rife Scene Senfe Senſe ſhall ſhines Skies Song Soul ſpeaks Stars ſtill thee Thefe Theme themſelves Theſe Thine Thofe thoſe Thought thouſand thro Throne Truth Univerſe vaft Virtue Virtue's whofe whoſe Wife Wing Wiſdom Wiſh World wretched