The Complaint: Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality: To which is Added, a Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job..Printed in the year, 1771 - 263 sider |
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Side 16
... ev'ry day deceas'd And fmiles an angel ; or a fury frowns . Nor death , nor life delights us . And time Poffeft , both pain us , If time Paft , what can please ? That which the deity to please ordain'd , Time Us'd 16 Night 2 . THE ...
... ev'ry day deceas'd And fmiles an angel ; or a fury frowns . Nor death , nor life delights us . And time Poffeft , both pain us , If time Paft , what can please ? That which the deity to please ordain'd , Time Us'd 16 Night 2 . THE ...
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... ev'ry bough , Nor ev'ry friend unrotten at the core ; First , on thy friend , delib'rate with thyself ; Paufe , ponder , fift ; not eager in the choice , Nor jealous of the chofen ; fixing , fix ; Judge before friendship then confide ...
... ev'ry bough , Nor ev'ry friend unrotten at the core ; First , on thy friend , delib'rate with thyself ; Paufe , ponder , fift ; not eager in the choice , Nor jealous of the chofen ; fixing , fix ; Judge before friendship then confide ...
Side 32
... ev'ing dew , your beauties bathe , And drink the fun ; which give your cheeks to glow , And out - blush ( Mine excepted ) ev'ry fair ; You gladlier gew , ambitious of her hand , Which often cropt your odours , incense meet To thought fo ...
... ev'ing dew , your beauties bathe , And drink the fun ; which give your cheeks to glow , And out - blush ( Mine excepted ) ev'ry fair ; You gladlier gew , ambitious of her hand , Which often cropt your odours , incense meet To thought fo ...
Side 33
... ev'ry woe . [ repell'd , Snatch'd ere thy prime ! and in thy bridal hour ! And when kind fortune , with thy lover , fmil'd ! And when high - flavour'd thy fresh - op'ning joys ! And when blind man pronounc'd thy blifs complete ! And on ...
... ev'ry woe . [ repell'd , Snatch'd ere thy prime ! and in thy bridal hour ! And when kind fortune , with thy lover , fmil'd ! And when high - flavour'd thy fresh - op'ning joys ! And when blind man pronounc'd thy blifs complete ! And on ...
Side 34
... ev'ry paffion fleeps that can offeed ; When ftrikes us ev'ry motive that can melt ; When man can wreak his rancour Uncontroul'd , That strongest curb on infult and ill - will ; THEN , fpleen to DUST ? the dust of innocence ? An angel's ...
... ev'ry paffion fleeps that can offeed ; When ftrikes us ev'ry motive that can melt ; When man can wreak his rancour Uncontroul'd , That strongest curb on infult and ill - will ; THEN , fpleen to DUST ? the dust of innocence ? An angel's ...
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æther againſt Ambition angels art thou becauſe beneath bleffings bleft blifs boaft bofom Book of JOB boundleſs caufe dark darkneſs death defcend DEITY deſpair diftant divine doft dread duft e'er earth eternal ev'ry facred fame fate fcene feems feen fenfe fhades fhall fhines fhould figh fight fink firft fkies flame fleeps fmile foar fome fong fons fool foon foul immortal fpirit ftars ftill ftrange ftrike fuch fure glory grave guilt happineſs heart heav'n himſelf hour human juft laft lefs life's Lorenzo man's mankind moft mortal moſt muft nature nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er Paffion paft pain peace Pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe prefent pride proud Reafon rife ſcene Senfe ſhall ſkies ſphere thee thefe theme theſe thine thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro throne triumph truth vaft virtue wafte whofe wife wing Wiſdom wretched
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Side 7 - ... 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.
Side 20 - Nature, in zeal for human amity, Denies or damps an undivided joy. Joy is an import; joy is an exchange; Joy flies monopolists; it calls for two: Rich fruit!
Side 68 - Our life, tho' still more rapid in its flow, Nor mark the much irrevocably laps'd, And mingled with the sea.
Side 2 - 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...
Side 17 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
Side 45 - He rose! he rose! he burst the bars of death. Lift up your heads, ye everlasting gates! And give the King of Glory to come in. Who is the King of Glory ? he who left His throne of glory for the pang of death. Lift up your heads, ye everlasting gates!
Side 2 - tis the common lot: In this shape or in that has Fate entail'd The mother's throes on all of woman born, Not more the children than sure heirs of pain.
Side 19 - To gentle life's descent We shut our eyes, and think it is a plain. We take fair days in winter, for the spring; And turn our blessings into bane.