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" Strong death, alone can heave the massy bar, This gross impediment of clay remove, And make us embryos of existence free From real life ; but little more remote Is he, not yet a candidate for light, The future embryo, slumbering in his sire. Embryos we... "
The Works of George Eliot: Essays and Leaves from a note book - Page 48
by George Eliot - 1885
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 87-88

John Bell - 1796 - 470 pages
...little more remote Is he, not yet a candidate for light, 139 The future embryo, slumb'ring in his sire. Embryos we must be till we burst the shell, Yon' ambient azure shell, and spring to life, The lite of gods, O transport ! and of man. Yet man, fool man! here buries all histhoughts, 135 Inters...
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Night Thoughts

Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...little more remote Is he, not yet a candidate for light, 130 The future embryo, slumb'ring in his sire. Embryos we must be, till we burst the shell, Yon ambient azure shell, and spring to life, The life of gods, (O transport!) and of man. Yet Man, fool Man! here buries all his thoughts; Inters...
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The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts, Volume 2

Edward Young - 1802 - 402 pages
...little more remote Is he, not yet a candidate for light, "The future embryo slumb'ring in his sire. Embryos we must be, till we burst the shell, Yon ambient azure shell, and spring to life, The life of gods, O transport! and of man. Yet man, fool man ! here buries all his thoughts ; Inters...
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Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...but little more remote Is he, not yet a candidate for light, Thefulure embryo slumb'ring in his sire. Embryos we must be, till we burst the shell, Yon ambient azure shell, and spring to life, The life of gods, O transport! and of man. Yet man, fool man ! here buries all his thoughts ; Inters...
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Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1802 - 412 pages
...little more remote Is he, not yet a candidate for light, The future embryo slumb'ring in his sire. Embryos we must be, till we burst the shell, Yon ambient azure shell, and spring to life, The life of gods, O transport! and of man. Yet man, fool man ! here buries all his thoughts ; Inters...
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The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts, Volume 2

Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...little more remote Is he, not yet a candidate for light, The future embryo slumb'ring in his sire. Embryos we must be, till we burst the shell, Yon ambient azure shell, and spring to life, The life of gods, O transport! and of man. Yet man, fool man ! here buries all his thoughts ; Inters...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Young: With the Life of ..., Volume 1

Edward Young - 1805 - 238 pages
...little more remote Is he, not yet a candidate for light, The future embryo, slumb'ring in his fire. Embryos we must be till we burst the shell, Yon' ambient azure shell, and spring to life, The life of gods, O transport! and of man. Yet man, fool man ! here buries all his thoughts, Inters...
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The Complaint, Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1805 - 284 pages
...little more remote Is he, not yet a candidate for light, The future embryo, slumb'ring in his sire. Embryos we must be, till we burst the shell, Yon ambient azure shell, and spring to life, The life of gods, (O transport \} and of man. Yet man, fool man ! here buries all his thoughts ; Inters...
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The cabinet of poetry, containing the best entire pieces in the works of the ...

Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...little more remote Js he, not yet a candidate for light, The future embryo, slumbering in his sire. Embryos we must be till we burst the shell, Yon ambient azure shell, and spring to life, The life of gods, O transport ! and of man. Prisoner of earth, and pent beneath the moon, Here pinions...
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The Poetical Works of Edward Young: In Four Volumes. Collated with the Best ...

Edward Young, Thomas Park - 1808 - 336 pages
...little more remote Is he, not yet a candidate for light, The future embryo, slumbering in his sire. Embryos we must be till we burst the shell, Yon ambient azure shell, and spring to life, The life of gods, O transport ! and of man. Yet man, fool man ! here buries all his thoughts, Inters...
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