The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave ; The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm ; These are the bugbears of a winter's eve, The terrors of the living, not the dead. Imagination's fool, and error's wretch, Man makes a death, which nature... Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality - Page 69by Edward Young - 1802 - 361 pagesFull view - About this book
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...Receives, not suffers, death's tremendous blow. The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave, The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm, These are the bugbears of a winter's eve : • '• * Seattle on Truth. P.iii. cS The terrors of the living, not the dead. — The Aged. Man... | |
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...Receives, not suffers, death's tremendous blow. The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave ; The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm ;...one. But were death frightful, what has age to fear 1 If prudent, age should meet the friendly foe, A.nd shelter in his hospitable gloom. I scarce can... | |
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...Receives, not suffers, death's tremendous blow. The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave ; The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm ;...which Nature never made ; Then on the point of his own 4ancy falls ; Andyee/sa thousand deaths, in fearing one. But were death frightful, what has age to... | |
| 1816 - 566 pages
...anticipation ! What has been remarked of . death, applies to anticipated uifliction. " Man forms n death that nature never made; Then on the point of his own fancy falls j And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one!" How often have you felt a thousand anxieties in fearing... | |
| Coraly (fict.name.) - 1819 - 766 pages
...intimate acquaintance with her. CHAP. XVIII. " The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave j The deep damp vault, the darkness and the worm ; These...winter's eve, The terrors of the living, not the dead.'' • . . . A SENSE of duty never forsook Coraly in the most trying situation. Religion's benign influence... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 412 pages
...Receives, not suffers, Death's tremendous blow. The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave ; The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm ; These are the bugbears of a winter's eve, The terrours of the living, not the dead. Imagination's fool, and errour's wretch, Man makes a death, which... | |
| Edward Young - 1824 - 356 pages
...Receives, not suffers, death's tremendous blow. The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave ; The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm ;...one. But were death frightful, what has age to fear s If prudent, age should meet the friendly foe, And shelter in his hospitable gloom. I scarce can meet... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...Receives, not suffers, death's tremendous blow. The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave ; The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm ;...falls ; And feels a thousand deaths, in fearing one. Young's Night Thoughts, n. 4. Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhal'd,... | |
| Augustus Toplady - 1825 - 498 pages
...Dark ignorance is lavish of her shades ; And these the formidable picture draw. Man forms a death that nature never made ; Then on the point of his own fancy...falls, And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one." None returns from the grave to tell us what it is to die. Some happy believers have indeed sung in... | |
| Edward Young - 1826 - 318 pages
...Receives, not suffers, Death's tremendous blow. The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave ; 10 The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm ;...wretch, Man makes a death which Nature never made : 15 Then on the point of his own fancy- falls, And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one. But were... | |
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