The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumen51,Página 2H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... mean ? Why thy peculiar rancour wreak'd on me ? Infatiate archer ! could not one fuffice ? 210 215 Thy shaft flew thrice ; and thrice my peace was flain ; And thrice , ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn . O Cynthia why fo pale ...
... mean ? Why thy peculiar rancour wreak'd on me ? Infatiate archer ! could not one fuffice ? 210 215 Thy shaft flew thrice ; and thrice my peace was flain ; And thrice , ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn . O Cynthia why fo pale ...
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... means . Know , like the Median , fate is in thy walls : 405 410 415 Doft afk , How ? Whence ? Belshazzar - like , amaz'd ? Man's make inclofes the fure feeds of death ; Life feeds the murderer : Ingrate ! he thrives On her own meal ...
... means . Know , like the Median , fate is in thy walls : 405 410 415 Doft afk , How ? Whence ? Belshazzar - like , amaz'd ? Man's make inclofes the fure feeds of death ; Life feeds the murderer : Ingrate ! he thrives On her own meal ...
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... means of Happiness ? That unobtain'd , than folly more a fool ; A melancholy fool , without her bells . 495 500 Friendship , the means of wisdom , richly gives The precious end , which makes our wifdom wife . Nature , in zeal for human ...
... means of Happiness ? That unobtain'd , than folly more a fool ; A melancholy fool , without her bells . 495 500 Friendship , the means of wisdom , richly gives The precious end , which makes our wifdom wife . Nature , in zeal for human ...
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... means ; 4 + 05 An end deplorable ! a means divine ! 410 When ' tis our all , ' tis nothing ; worse than nought ; A neft of pains : when held as nothing , much : Like fome fair humourifts , life is most enjoy'd , When courted leaft ...
... means ; 4 + 05 An end deplorable ! a means divine ! 410 When ' tis our all , ' tis nothing ; worse than nought ; A neft of pains : when held as nothing , much : Like fome fair humourifts , life is most enjoy'd , When courted leaft ...
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... means my phrenfy ?. I blafpheme ; Alas ! how low ! how far beneath the skies ! The skies it form'd ; and now it bleeds for me- But bleeds the balm I want - yet still it bleeds ; Draw the dire steel - ah no ! the dreadful bleffing What ...
... means my phrenfy ?. I blafpheme ; Alas ! how low ! how far beneath the skies ! The skies it form'd ; and now it bleeds for me- But bleeds the balm I want - yet still it bleeds ; Draw the dire steel - ah no ! the dreadful bleffing What ...
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æther againſt ambition angels art thou Becauſe bleft blifs bluſh boaſt breaſt caufe cauſe chimæra dæmons dark darkneſs death defcend Deity deſpair divine Doft dread duft duſt earth endleſs eternal ev'n facred fame fate feen fenfe fhall fhines fhould figh fight fing fkies fleeps fmile foft fome fong fool foon foul immortal ftill fuch fure glory grave guilt happineſs heart heaven himſelf hope hour human illuftrious juft laſt lefs life's loft Lorenzo man's mankind moft mortal moſt muft muſt Narciffa nature nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er paffion pain peace pleaſure praiſe prefent pride proud reafon rife ſcene ſcheme ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhare ſkies ſmile ſpeak ſphere ſpirit ſtand ſtars ſtill ſtream ſtrike ſtrong thee thefe theme themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand throne tomb truth virtue virtue's whofe whoſe wife wiſdom wiſh wretched
Pasajes populares
Página 40 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.
Página 5 - We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood.
Página 32 - 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.
Página 146 - Its tenure sure ; its income is divine. High-built abundance, heap on heap ! for what ? To breed new wants, and beggar us the more ; Then, make a richer scramble for the throng...
Página 249 - All the black cares and tumults of this life, Like harmless thunders, breaking at his feet, Excite his pity, not impair his peace.
Página 62 - Death's tremendous blow. The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave; The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm ; These are the bugbears of a winter's eve, The terrors of the living, not the dead. Imagination's fool, and Error's wretch, Man makes a death which Nature never made : Then on the point of his own fancy falls, And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one.
Página 5 - The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke 1 feel the solemn sound.
Página 4 - Fate! drop the curtain; I can lose no more. Silence and Darkness! solemn sisters! twins From ancient Night, who nurse the tender thought To reason, and on reason build resolve...
Página 52 - Our dying friends come o'er us like a cloud, To damp our brainless ardours, and abate That glare of life which often blinds the wise. Our dying friends are pioneers, to smooth...
Página 80 - Though yet unsung, as deem'd, perhaps, too bold ? Angels are men of a superior kind ; Angels are men in lighter habit clad, High o'er celestial mountains wing'd in flight ; And men are angels, loaded for an hour, Who wade this miry vale, and climb with pain, And slippery step, the bottom of the steep.