The Complaint, Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality |
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... fate . Night , sable goddess ! from her ebon throne , In rayless majesty , now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world . Silence how dead ! and darkness how profound ! Nor eye nor listening ear an object finds ...
... fate . Night , sable goddess ! from her ebon throne , In rayless majesty , now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world . Silence how dead ! and darkness how profound ! Nor eye nor listening ear an object finds ...
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... or the best More mortal than the common births of Fate . Each moment has its sickle , emulous Of Time's enormous scythe , whose ample sweep Strikes empires from the root each moment plays His little 8 THE COMPLAINT .
... or the best More mortal than the common births of Fate . Each moment has its sickle , emulous Of Time's enormous scythe , whose ample sweep Strikes empires from the root each moment plays His little 8 THE COMPLAINT .
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... fate ; Sweet comfort's blasted clusters I lament ; I tremble at the blessings once so dear , And every pleasure pains me to the heart . Yet why complain ? or why complain for one ? Hangs out the Sun his lustre but for me , The single ...
... fate ; Sweet comfort's blasted clusters I lament ; I tremble at the blessings once so dear , And every pleasure pains me to the heart . Yet why complain ? or why complain for one ? Hangs out the Sun his lustre but for me , The single ...
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... Fate wide opens to devour . What then an I , who sorrow for myself ? 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 deserves the pain ...
... Fate wide opens to devour . What then an I , who sorrow for myself ? 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 deserves the pain ...
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... fate ? I know thou wouldst ; thy pride demands it from me ; Let thy pride pardon what thy nature needs , The salutary censure of a friend . Thou happy wretch ! by blindness thou art blessed , By dotage dandled to perpetual smiles . Know ...
... fate ? I know thou wouldst ; thy pride demands it from me ; Let thy pride pardon what thy nature needs , The salutary censure of a friend . Thou happy wretch ! by blindness thou art blessed , By dotage dandled to perpetual smiles . Know ...
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