The Works of the English Poets: YoungH. Hughs, 1779 |
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Sivu 5
... scene , the noblest truths inspire . Nor lefs infpire my Conduct , than my Song ; Teach my best reason , reafon ; my best will Teach rectitude ; and fix my firm refolve Wisdom to wed , and pay her long arrear : Nor let the phial of thy ...
... scene , the noblest truths inspire . Nor lefs infpire my Conduct , than my Song ; Teach my best reason , reafon ; my best will Teach rectitude ; and fix my firm refolve Wisdom to wed , and pay her long arrear : Nor let the phial of thy ...
Sivu 9
... scenes of permanent delight ! Full , above measure ! lasting , beyond bound ! A perpetuity of blifs is blifs . Could you , fo rich in rapture , fear an end , 175 180 That ghaftly thought would drink up all your joy , 185 And quite ...
... scenes of permanent delight ! Full , above measure ! lasting , beyond bound ! A perpetuity of blifs is blifs . Could you , fo rich in rapture , fear an end , 175 180 That ghaftly thought would drink up all your joy , 185 And quite ...
Sivu 16
... scene . If not fo frequent , would not This be strange ? That ' tis fo frequent , This is ftranger ftill . Of man's miraculous miftakes , this bears The palm , " That all men are about to live , ” For ever on the brink of being born ...
... scene . If not fo frequent , would not This be strange ? That ' tis fo frequent , This is ftranger ftill . Of man's miraculous miftakes , this bears The palm , " That all men are about to live , ” For ever on the brink of being born ...
Sivu 19
... thy need . Themes , too , the genuine growth Of dear Philander's duft . He thus , though dead , 15 May till befriend - What themes ? Time's wondrous price , C 2 Death , Death , Friendship , and Philander's final scene . So [ 19 ]
... thy need . Themes , too , the genuine growth Of dear Philander's duft . He thus , though dead , 15 May till befriend - What themes ? Time's wondrous price , C 2 Death , Death , Friendship , and Philander's final scene . So [ 19 ]
Sivu 20
Samuel Johnson. Death , Friendship , and Philander's final scene . So could I touch these themes , as might obtain Thine car , nor leave thy heart quite difengag'd , The good deed would delight me ; half impress On my dark cloud an Iris ...
Samuel Johnson. Death , Friendship , and Philander's final scene . So could I touch these themes , as might obtain Thine car , nor leave thy heart quite difengag'd , The good deed would delight me ; half impress On my dark cloud an Iris ...
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æther againſt ambition angels art thou beneath beſt bleffings bleft blifs bliſs blood divine breaſt cauſe chimæra dæmons darkneſs death Deity deſpair diftant divine Doft dread duft earth endleſs eternal Ev'n facred fame fate feen fenfe fhall fhines fhould figh fing fkies fleeps flight fmile foft folar fome fong fool foon ftill fuch fure fyren give glory grave grief guilt happineſs heart heaven himſelf hope hour human juft juſt lefs life's loft Lorenzo man's moft mortal moſt muft muſt Narciffa nature nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er paffion pain peace pleaſure praiſe prefent pride reafon rife ſcene ſcheme ſenſe ſhades ſhall ſkies ſmile ſpeak ſphere ſpirit ſtars ſtill ſtorm ſtream ſtrike ſtrong thee thefe theme themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand throne tomb triumph truth virtue waſte whofe whoſe wife wing wiſdom worfe wretched
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Sivu 28 - Behold him, there, juft rifing to a god. 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. Fly, ye profane ! If not, draw near with awe, Receive the blefling, and adore the chance, That threw in this Bethefda your difeafe; If
Sivu 30 - Behold him, there, juft rifing to a god. 630 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. Fly, ye profane ! If not, draw near with awe, Receive the bleffing, and adore the chance, 635
Sivu 4 - fudden death. How dreadful that deliberate furprize ! Be wife to-day; 'tis madnefs to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Thus on, till wifdom is pufh'd out of life. Procraftination is the thief of time; Year after year it fteals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vaft concerns of an eternal fcene.
Sivu 50 - The deep damp vault, the darknefs, and the worm; Thefe are the bugbears of a winter's eve, The terrors of the living, not the dead. Imaginations fool, and error's wretch, Man makes a death, which nature never made; 15 Then on the point of his own fancy falls ; And feels a thousand deaths, in fearing one. But
Sivu 4 - s no prerogative in human hours. In human hearts what bolder thought can rife, Than man's prefumption on to-morrow's dawn ? Where is to-morrow ? In another world. For numbers this is certain; the reverfe Is fure to none; and yet on this perhaps, This peradventure, infamous for lies, As on a rock of adamant, we build
Sivu 4 - on to-morrow's dawn ? Where is to-morrow ? In another world. For numbers this is certain; the reverfe Is fure to none; and yet on this perhaps, This peradventure, infamous for lies, As on a rock of adamant, we build Our mountain hopes; fpin out eternal fchemes,
Sivu 8 - but for moral aid. Thou think'ft it folly to be wife too foon. Youth is not rich in Time, it may be poor ; Part with it as with money, fparing; pay No moment, but in purchafe of its worth $ 50 And what its worth,
Sivu 4 - That all men are about to live," For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themfelves the compliment to think They one day (hall not drivel : and their pride On this reverfion takes up ready