 How much is to be done ! My hopes and fears Start up alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what ? A fathomless abyss, A dread eternity, how surely mine ! And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour ? How poor,...  The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts - Page 203by Edward Young - 1802Full view - About this book
 | Edward Young - Apologetics - 1756 - 430 pages
...fathomlefs Abyfs-; .' A dread Eternity ! how furely mine ! And can Eternity belong to me, Poor Penfioner on the Bounties of an Hour ? How poor, how rich, how abject, how auguft, How complicate, how wonderful, is Man ? How paffing Wonder HE, who made him fuch ? Who centred... | |
 | English literature - 1804 - 844 pages
...constitution. I could not refrain from adoptiag the language of Dr. Young, and exclaiming, in parody, — ' How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful are Britons! How [lining wonder they who made them such, Who center'd in their make such strange aitremes... | |
 | Johann Christian Hüttner - 1801 - 962 pages
...:n. 3d) fennte mid) nid)t entbalten , фоипд'е SBorte 54 borgen unb in einer ^arobie anzurufen : How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate , how wonderful are Britons ! How passing wonder they who made them such ! Who center'd in their mike such strange... | |
 | James Burgh - 1804 - 312 pages
...alarm' d, and o'er life's narrow verge \ Look down-— on what /> — A fathomless abyss. Admiration How poor, how rich, how abject, how august > How complicate, how wonderful is wzara / How passing wonder He, who ?««<&• him such ! Who centered in our make such strange extremes,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1805 - 284 pages
...beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands dispatch: How much is to be done ? My hopes and fear* Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look...belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an honr ? How poor, how rich, how abject, Tiow august,. How complicate, how wonderful is man ! How passing... | |
 | Edward Young - Death - 1805 - 326 pages
...fathomlefs abyfs ; A dread eternity ! how furely mine ! And 'can eternity belong to me, Poor penfioner on the bounties of an hour ? How poor, how rich, how abject, how uuguft, How complicate, how wonderful, is man ? How paffing wonder HE, who made him fuch Who center'd... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...my mistress, and my friend , "What day, next week, th' eternity shall end ? REFLEXION ON MAN. JtlOW poor , how rich , how abject , how august , How complicate, how wonderful is man I Lui dît qu'elle est charmante et que l'amouf jamais Auprès de tant d'appas n'émoussera ses traits.... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...mistress, and my friend, "What day, next week, th' eternity shall end ? REFLEXION ON MAN. * Wow pogr, how rich, how abject ,-how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man I Lui dit qu'elle est charmante et que l'amour jamais Auprès de tant d'appas n'émoussera ses traits.... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down— on what ? A fathomless abyss. A dread eternity ! how...bounties of an hour? How poor, how rich, how abject, how angust, How complicate, how wonderful, is man ! ' J Connexion exquisite of distant worlds! Distinguish.'ii... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 594 pages
...much is to be done! My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what! A fathomless abyss! A dread eternity! how surely mine! And can eternity belong to me, 113 Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour? How poor, how rjch, how abject, how august, How complicate,... | |
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