 To be no more. Sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion ? And who knows.  The Catholic Record - Page 1331875Full view - About this book
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...victor to spend all his rage, And that must end. us ; that roust be our cure, To be no more-. Sad fate ! For who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual...thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd Up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion ? And who knows,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...cure, To be no more. Sad fate ! For who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being1, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather. swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion ? And who knows, Ltt this be good, whether... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1826 - 520 pages
...with difficulty reconciled to the loss of existence, for we know not how many ages. ' To be no more ; sad cure ! for who would lose Though full of pain,...eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion ? ' Though we are aware, that we have... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...Almighty Victor to spend all his rage, And that must end us; that must be our cure, To be no more. Sad cure ! for who would lose, Though full of pain,...thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion? And who knows,... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...throne Sit unpolluted, and th' etherial mould, Incapable of stain, would soon expel 140 To be no more : sad cure ; for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that zander through eternity, To perish rather, s wallow 'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...Almighty Victor to spend all his rage, And that must end us ; that must be our cure, To be no more : sad cure ! for who would lose, Though full of pain,...thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost , • In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion ? and who... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...the pious and benevolent alone ; and wealth is a blessing, but solely to the wise and good. — and who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual...thoughts that wander through eternity ; To perish rather, swallow'd up, and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion ! MILTON. To... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...victor to spend all his rage, And that must end us ; that mus.t be our cure, To be no more. Sad fate ! For who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual...eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion ? And who knows, Let this be good, whether... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...so I live. Would I had never lived ! Ibid. That must end us, that must be our cure, To be no more ; sad cure ; for who would lose, Though full of pain,...thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost • In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion. Milton's... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...almighty victor to spend all his rage, And that must end us, that must be our cure, 145 To be no more ; sad cure ; for who would lose, Though full of pain,...thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, 150 Devoid, of sense and motion ? and who... | |
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