The Works of the English Poets, Volumes 1-2Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) H. Baldwin, 1779 - 315 pages |
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... light ; Though half our learning is their epitaph . 105 110 When down thy vale , unlock'd by midnight thought , That loves to wander in thy funless realms , O death ! I ftretch my view : what vifions rife ! What triumphs ! toils ...
... light ; Though half our learning is their epitaph . 105 110 When down thy vale , unlock'd by midnight thought , That loves to wander in thy funless realms , O death ! I ftretch my view : what vifions rife ! What triumphs ! toils ...
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... light , of darkness ; in a middle field , Wide , as creation ! populous , as wide ! A neutral region ! there to mark th ' event Of that great drama , whofe preceding scenes Detain'd them clofe fpectators , through a length Of ages ...
... light , of darkness ; in a middle field , Wide , as creation ! populous , as wide ! A neutral region ! there to mark th ' event Of that great drama , whofe preceding scenes Detain'd them clofe fpectators , through a length Of ages ...
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... art thou , poor benighted traveller ! The Stars will light thee ; though the Moon fhould fail . Where art thou , more benighted ! more aftray ! * Night the Eighth .. 640 In In ways immoral ? The Stars call thee back ; 22 YOUNG'S POEMS .
... art thou , poor benighted traveller ! The Stars will light thee ; though the Moon fhould fail . Where art thou , more benighted ! more aftray ! * Night the Eighth .. 640 In In ways immoral ? The Stars call thee back ; 22 YOUNG'S POEMS .
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... light revellers from shame to fhame , And , thus , be made accomplices in guilt .. Why from yon arch , that infinite of space , With infinite of lucid orbs replete , Which set the living firmament on fire , At the first glance , in fuch ...
... light revellers from shame to fhame , And , thus , be made accomplices in guilt .. Why from yon arch , that infinite of space , With infinite of lucid orbs replete , Which set the living firmament on fire , At the first glance , in fuch ...
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... light peeps through the darkness , like a spy ; And darkness fhews its grandeur by the light . Nor is the profit greater than the joy , If human hearts at glorious objects glow , And admiration can inspire delight . What fpeak I more ...
... light peeps through the darkness , like a spy ; And darkness fhews its grandeur by the light . Nor is the profit greater than the joy , If human hearts at glorious objects glow , And admiration can inspire delight . What fpeak I more ...
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