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... eternal baldness for hair , with a " stench in- stead of a sweet savour , and burning instead of beauty . " He resolved to proclaim the particulars of this painful yet blessed disenchantment to the ends of the earth , and to all classes ...
... eternal baldness for hair , with a " stench in- stead of a sweet savour , and burning instead of beauty . " He resolved to proclaim the particulars of this painful yet blessed disenchantment to the ends of the earth , and to all classes ...
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... eternal day . For human weal , Heaven husbands all events ; Dull sleep instructs , nor sport vain dreams in vain . Why then their loss deplore that are not lost ? Why wanders wretched thought their tombs around , In infidel distress ...
... eternal day . For human weal , Heaven husbands all events ; Dull sleep instructs , nor sport vain dreams in vain . Why then their loss deplore that are not lost ? Why wanders wretched thought their tombs around , In infidel distress ...
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... Eternal sunshine in the storms of life ! How richly were my noontide trances hung With gorgeous tapestries of pictured joys ! Joy behind joy , in endless perspective ! Till at death's toll , whose restless iron tongue Calls daily for ...
... Eternal sunshine in the storms of life ! How richly were my noontide trances hung With gorgeous tapestries of pictured joys ! Joy behind joy , in endless perspective ! Till at death's toll , whose restless iron tongue Calls daily for ...
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... eternal schemes , As we the fatal sisters could out - spin , And , big with life's futurities , expire . Not even Philander had bespoke his shroud ; 1 ' Lorenzo : ' not Young's son , but probably the Earl of Wharton . 352 360 370 380 ...
... eternal schemes , As we the fatal sisters could out - spin , And , big with life's futurities , expire . Not even Philander had bespoke his shroud ; 1 ' Lorenzo : ' not Young's son , but probably the Earl of Wharton . 352 360 370 380 ...
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... eternal scene . If not so frequent , would not this be strange ? That ' tis so frequent , this is stranger still . Of man's miraculous mistakes , this bears The palm , " That all men are about to live , " For ever on the brink of being ...
... eternal scene . If not so frequent , would not this be strange ? That ' tis so frequent , this is stranger still . Of man's miraculous mistakes , this bears The palm , " That all men are about to live , " For ever on the brink of being ...
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adore ambition angels archangels art thou awful beam beneath bids bless'd bliss blood divine boast boundless Busiris call'd charms creation dark death deep Deity delight divine dost dread dust earth EDWARD YOUNG endless eternal ethereal fair fate fire flame fond fool genius George Gilfillan give glorious glory gods grandeur grave grief guilt happiness heart heaven hope hour human illustrious indulge infidels life's light live Lorenzo man's mankind midnight mind mismeasured mortal Narcissa nature nature's ne'er night Night Thoughts nought numbers o'er Omnipotence pain passions peace Philander pleasure praise pride proud rapture reason rise sacred scene sense shines sigh sight skies smile song soul immortal sphere stars stings strange tempest thee theme thine thought throne thy disease tomb triumph truth virtue virtue's Voltaire wing wisdom wise wish wonder wretched Young