| Edward Young - 1813 - 380 pages
...profound ! Nor eye, nor listening ear, an object finds : •» Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause ; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. •*" tf And let her prophecy be soon fulfill'd : * Fate ! drop the curtain ; I can lose no more. Silence... | |
| Edward Young - English poetry - 1813 - 324 pages
...darkness how profound ! Nor eye nor listening ear an object finds ; Oration sleeps Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. And let her prophecy be soon fulfill'd : Fate ! drop the curtain ; I can lose no more. Silence and... | |
| Edward Young - 1815 - 332 pages
...darkness, how profound ! Nor eye, nor list'ning ear, an object finds ; Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the general pulse Of Life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. And let her prophecy be soon fulfill'd : Fate, drop the curtam ; I can lose no more. Silence and Darkness... | |
| Edward Young - Death - 1816 - 390 pages
...world. Silence, how dead ! and darkness, how profound ! Nor eye, nor Ust'ning ear, an object finds : Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the gen'ral pulse Of life...made a pause ; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. And let her prophecy be soon fulfill'd ; Pate 1 drop the curtain j I can lose no more. Silence and... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 498 pages
...darkness, how profound ! Nor eye, nor listening ear, an object finds ; Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause ; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. And let her prophecy be soon fulfill'd ; Fate ! drop the curtain ; I can lose no more. Silence and... | |
| Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...how profound" ! Nor eye', nor listening ear', an object finds ; Creation sleeps'. 'Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still', and nature made a pause\ An awful' pause I prophetic of her end'. The bell strikes one\ We take no note' of time, But from its loss\ To give... | |
| Charles Richson - 1820 - 98 pages
...Silence,- -how dead,- and darkness,-how profound! Nor eye,-nor list'ning ear, an object finds : — Creation sleeps. — "Tis as the gen'ral pulse Of...made a pause An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. YOUNG. Ye generous youth who love this studious shade, How rich a field is to your hopes display 'd!... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...darkness how profound! Nor eye nor listening ear an object finds ; Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause! prophetic of her end. And let her prophecy be soon fulfill'd : Fate ! drop the curtain ; I can lose no more. Silence and... | |
| 1822 - 746 pages
...he he remarked could not be described better than ia the words of Dr. Young, " 'Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still and nature made a pause ; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end." Amidst all the sorrow and anxious uncertainty connected with such a state of health, he displayed the... | |
| William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...darkness, how profound ! Nor eye, nor listening ear, an object finds. Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and nature made a pause ; An awful pause, prophetic of her end. Silence and Darkness, solemn sisters ! twins From ancient Night, who nurse the tender thought To reason,... | |
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