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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... Poor penfioner on the bounties of an hour ? How poor ? how rich ? how abje & t ? how august ? How complicate ? how wonderful is man ? How paffing 2 Night 1 . THE COMPLAINT .
... Poor penfioner on the bounties of an hour ? How poor ? how rich ? how abje & t ? how august ? How complicate ? how wonderful is man ? How paffing 2 Night 1 . THE COMPLAINT .
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... poor , pale piece Of out - caft earth , in darkness what a change From yesterday ! thy darling hope fo near , ( Long - labour'd prize ! ) O how ambition flufli'd Thy glowing cheek ? ambition truly great , Of virtuous praife : Death's ...
... poor , pale piece Of out - caft earth , in darkness what a change From yesterday ! thy darling hope fo near , ( Long - labour'd prize ! ) O how ambition flufli'd Thy glowing cheek ? ambition truly great , Of virtuous praife : Death's ...
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... poor dilatory man , And that thro ' every stage ; when young , indeed , In full content , we fometimes nobly reft , Unanxious for Ourselves ; and only wish , As duteous fons , our Fathers were more wife . At Thirty man Suspects himself ...
... poor dilatory man , And that thro ' every stage ; when young , indeed , In full content , we fometimes nobly reft , Unanxious for Ourselves ; and only wish , As duteous fons , our Fathers were more wife . At Thirty man Suspects himself ...
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... poor : Part with It as with money , fparing ; pay No moment but its purchase of its worth : And what its worth , afk death - beds ; they can tell , Part with it as with life , reluctant ; big With holy hope of nobler time to come : Time ...
... poor : Part with It as with money , fparing ; pay No moment but its purchase of its worth : And what its worth , afk death - beds ; they can tell , Part with it as with life , reluctant ; big With holy hope of nobler time to come : Time ...
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... poor fhatter'd bark , by fudden ftorm Thrown off to fea , and foon to perish there :) Will toys amufe ? No : thrones will then be toys , And earth and skies feem duft upon the scale . Redeem we time ? -its Lofs we dearly buy . What ...
... poor fhatter'd bark , by fudden ftorm Thrown off to fea , and foon to perish there :) Will toys amufe ? No : thrones will then be toys , And earth and skies feem duft upon the scale . Redeem we time ? -its Lofs we dearly buy . What ...
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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.