Night ThoughtsC. Whittingham, 1798 - 386 pages |
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... wave to wave of fancy'd misery , At random drove , her helm of reason lost : Though now restor'd , ' tis only change of pain ; ( A bitter change ! ) severer for severe . B 11 The day too short for my distress ; and Night.
... wave to wave of fancy'd misery , At random drove , her helm of reason lost : Though now restor'd , ' tis only change of pain ; ( A bitter change ! ) severer for severe . B 11 The day too short for my distress ; and Night.
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... pain the mantled pool ; Or scal'd the cliff ; or danc'd on hollow winds , With antic shapes - wild natives of the brain ! Her ceaseless flight , though devious , speaks her nature Of subtler essence than the trodden clod ; Active ...
... pain the mantled pool ; Or scal'd the cliff ; or danc'd on hollow winds , With antic shapes - wild natives of the brain ! Her ceaseless flight , though devious , speaks her nature Of subtler essence than the trodden clod ; Active ...
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... Pain , and Chance , and Death expire ! 146 And is it in the flight of threescore years , To push eternity from human thought , And smother souls immortal in the dust ? A soul immortal , spending all her fires , Wasting her strength in ...
... Pain , and Chance , and Death expire ! 146 And is it in the flight of threescore years , To push eternity from human thought , And smother souls immortal in the dust ? A soul immortal , spending all her fires , Wasting her strength in ...
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... pains me to the heart . 220 225 230 Yet why complain ? or why complain for one ? 235 Hangs out the sun his lustre but for me , The single man ? Are angels all beside ? I mourn for millions : ' Tis the common lot ; In this shape , or in ...
... pains me to the heart . 220 225 230 Yet why complain ? or why complain for one ? 235 Hangs out the sun his lustre but for me , The single man ? Are angels all beside ? I mourn for millions : ' Tis the common lot ; In this shape , or in ...
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... pain . War , Famine , Pest , Volcano , Storm , and Fire , Intestine Broils , Oppression , with her heart Wrapt up in ... pains You rue more modish visits , visit here , And breathe from your debauch : Give , and reduce Surfeit's dominion ...
... pain . War , Famine , Pest , Volcano , Storm , and Fire , Intestine Broils , Oppression , with her heart Wrapt up in ... pains You rue more modish visits , visit here , And breathe from your debauch : Give , and reduce Surfeit's dominion ...
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æther ambition angels archangels art thou awful beam beneath bids blest bliss blood divine boast boundless charms Christian creation dæmons dark Death deep Deity deny'd divine Dost dread dream dust earth EDWARD YOUNG endless eternal Ev'n ev'ry fate flame fond fool give glorious glory gods grave grief guilt happiness heart Heav'n High Holborn hope hour human illustrious infidels life's light Line live LORENZO Man's mankind midnight mighty mind mortal NARCISSA Nature Nature's ne'er night NIGHT THOUGHTS nought numbers o'er Omnipotence pain passions peace PHILANDER Pleasure poison'd pow'r praise pride proud Reason rise sacred scene sense shew shines sigh sight skies smile song soul immortal sov'reign sphere stars stings strange strike sublime thee theme thine thought throne tomb triumph truth Virtue Virtue's WINCHESTER COLLEGE wing wisdom wise wish wonder wretched
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Page 22 - At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same.
Page 28 - 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.
Page 22 - And is it in the flight of threescore years To push eternity from human thought, And smother souls immortal in the dust?
Page 13 - Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice ; and thrice my peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn.
Page 22 - An heir of glory'! a frail child of dust*! Helpless immortal'! insect infinite*! A worm'! a god*! — I tremble' at myself, And in myself am lost*!
Page 16 - For letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky...
Page 59 - When in this vale of years I backward look, And miss such numbers, numbers too of such, Firmer in health, and greener in their age, And stricter on their guard, and fitter far To play life's subtle game, I scarce believe I still survive...
Page 22 - A worm ! a God ! — I tremble at myself, And in myself am lost. At home -a, stranger, Thought wanders up and down, surprised, aghast, And wondering at her own. How Reason reels ! O what a miracle to man is man ! Triumphantly distress'd ! what joy!
Page 13 - Night Thoughts" he has exhibited a very wide display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour. This is one of the few poems in which blank verse could not be changed for rhyme but with disadvantage.
Page 22 - TIRED Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep ! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where Fortune smiles ; the wretched he forsakes ; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unsullied with a tear.