The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Том 51Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... fate . Night , fable goddess ! from her ebon throne , In rayless majesty , now ftretches forth Her leaden fceptre o'er a flumbering world . Silence , how dead ! and darkness , how profound ! Nor eye , nor listening ear , an object finds ...
... fate . Night , fable goddess ! from her ebon throne , In rayless majesty , now ftretches forth Her leaden fceptre o'er a flumbering world . Silence , how dead ! and darkness , how profound ! Nor eye , nor listening ear , an object finds ...
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... fate . Each moment has its fickle , emulous Of Time's enormous fcythe , whofe ample fweep Strikes empires from the root ; each moment plays 295 His little weapon in the narrower sphere Of sweet domeftic comfort , and cuts down The ...
... fate . Each moment has its fickle , emulous Of Time's enormous fcythe , whofe ample fweep Strikes empires from the root ; each moment plays 295 His little weapon in the narrower sphere Of sweet domeftic comfort , and cuts down The ...
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... fate ; Sweet comfort's blafted clusters I lament ; I tremble at the bleffings once fo dear ; And every pleasure pains me to the heart . Yet why complain ? or why complain for one ? Hangs out the fun his luftre but for me , The fingle ...
... fate ; Sweet comfort's blafted clusters I lament ; I tremble at the bleffings once fo dear ; And every pleasure pains me to the heart . Yet why complain ? or why complain for one ? Hangs out the fun his luftre but for me , The fingle ...
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... fate wide opens to devour . What then am I , who forrow for myself ? 295 In age , in infancy , from others ' aid Is all our hope ; to teach us to be kind . That , nature's first , last lesson to mankind ; The selfish heart deferves the ...
... fate wide opens to devour . What then am I , who forrow for myself ? 295 In age , in infancy , from others ' aid Is all our hope ; to teach us to be kind . That , nature's first , last lesson to mankind ; The selfish heart deferves the ...
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... fate . 315 320 325 Is heaven tremendous in its frowns ? Moft fure ; And in its favours formidable too : Its favours here are trials , not rewards ; A call to duty , not difcharge from care ; And fhould alarm us , full as much as woes ...
... fate . 315 320 325 Is heaven tremendous in its frowns ? Moft fure ; And in its favours formidable too : Its favours here are trials , not rewards ; A call to duty , not difcharge from care ; And fhould alarm us , full as much as woes ...
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æther againſt ambition angels art thou Becauſe beneath bleffing bleft blifs bliſs boundleſs caufe cauſe chimæra dæmons darkneſs death defcend Deity deſpair divine dreadful duft earth earth kings endleſs eternal facred fate feen fenfe fhall fhines fhould figh fight fing fink firſt fkies flain fleeps fmiles foft fome fong fool foon foul immortal foul's ftill fuch fupport fupreme fure give glory grave guilt happineſs hard alternative heart heaven himſelf hope hour human infidels itſelf juſt lefs life's loft Lorenzo man's mankind moft mortal moſt muſt Narciffa nature nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er paffions pain peace pleaſure praiſe prefent reafon rife ſcene ſcheme ſenſe ſhall ſkies ſmall ſmile ſpeak ſphere ſtand ſtill ſtorm ſtrike ſtrong ſuch thee thefe theme theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand throne truth vaft virtue virtue's whofe wife wing wiſdom wretched
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Страница 30 - 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,
Страница 15 - both pain us, what can pleafe ? That which the Deity to pleafe ordain'd, Time us'd. The man who confecrates his hours 185 By vigorous effort, and an honeft aim, At once he draws the fting of life and death; He walks 'with Nature; and her paths are peace. Our error's
Страница 52 - 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. Imagination's fool, and error's wretch, Man makes a death, .which nature never made ; 15 Then on the point of his own fancy
Страница 6 - 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 395 The vaft concerns of an eternal
Страница 95 - Tis a proud mendicant; it boafts, and begs ; It begs an alms of homage from the throng, And oft the throng denies its charity. 290 Monarchs and minifters are awful names ; Whoever wear them, challenge our devoir. Religion, public order, both exact External homage, and a fupple knee
Страница 73 - Let him not violate kind nature's laws, " But own man born to live as well as die." Wretched and old thou giv'ft him ; young and gay He takes ; and -plunder is a tyrant's joy. What if I prove, " That fartheft from the fear, 790
Страница 28 - A friend, but what has found a friend in Thee. All like the purchafe ; few the price will pay ; And this makes friends fuch miracles below. What if (fmce daring on fo nice a theme) I mew thee friendfhip Delicate, as Dear, Of tender violations apt to die
Страница 120 - In this, not bis own place, this foreign field, Where nature fodders him with other food Than was ordain'd his cravings to fuffice, Poor in abundance, famifh'd at a feaft, Sighs on for fomething more, when mojl enjoy'd. 45 Is heaven then kinder to thy flocks than thee ? Not fo ; thy pafture richer, but remote
Страница 35 - And make diftrefs, diftraftion. Oh Philander! What was thy fate ? A double fate to me ; Portent, and pain ! a menace, and a blow! Like the black raven hovering o'er my peace, Not lefs a bird of omen, than of prey. 75 It call'd Narcifl'a long before her hour; It call'd her tender foul, by break of
Страница 108 - tis revolution all; All change ; no death. Day follows night; and night The dying day; ftars rife, and fet, and rife; Earth takes th' example. See, the Summer gay, 680 With her green chaplet, and ambrofial