The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 50-52Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... Lord of all ! Before whofe throne Arch - angels.prostrate fall .; If at thy nod , from difcord , and from night , Sprang beauty , and yon sparkling worlds of light , Exalt e'en me ; all inward tumults quell ; The clouds and darkness of ...
... Lord of all ! Before whofe throne Arch - angels.prostrate fall .; If at thy nod , from difcord , and from night , Sprang beauty , and yon sparkling worlds of light , Exalt e'en me ; all inward tumults quell ; The clouds and darkness of ...
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... lord ? -- Man , haughty lord of all beneath the moon , How muft he bend his foul's ambition down ? Prostrate , the reptile own , and disavow His boasted stature , and affuming brow ? · Claim kindred with the clay , and curfe his form ...
... lord ? -- Man , haughty lord of all beneath the moon , How muft he bend his foul's ambition down ? Prostrate , the reptile own , and disavow His boasted stature , and affuming brow ? · Claim kindred with the clay , and curfe his form ...
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... lord , Hurls back the rebel to his lifted fword . But why this idle toil to paint that day ? This time elaborately thrown away ? Words all in vain pant after the diftrefs , The height of eloquence would make it lefs ; Heavens ! how the ...
... lord , Hurls back the rebel to his lifted fword . But why this idle toil to paint that day ? This time elaborately thrown away ? Words all in vain pant after the diftrefs , The height of eloquence would make it lefs ; Heavens ! how the ...
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... Lord Sends forth into the deep his powerful word , 270 275 And calls the great leviathan : the great 280 Leviathan attends in all his ftate ; Exults for joy , and , with a mighty bound , Makes the sea shake , and heav'n and earth ...
... Lord Sends forth into the deep his powerful word , 270 275 And calls the great leviathan : the great 280 Leviathan attends in all his ftate ; Exults for joy , and , with a mighty bound , Makes the sea shake , and heav'n and earth ...
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... lord . Yet one day loft , this deity below Became the scorn and pity of his foe . 20 25 30 35 40 % His blood a traitor's facrifice was made , And smok'd indignant on a ruffian's blade . No trumpet's found , no gasping army's yell , Bid ...
... lord . Yet one day loft , this deity below Became the scorn and pity of his foe . 20 25 30 35 40 % His blood a traitor's facrifice was made , And smok'd indignant on a ruffian's blade . No trumpet's found , no gasping army's yell , Bid ...
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Page 1 - tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 31 - How empty learning, and how vain is art, But as it mends the life, and guides the heart!
Page 5 - Youth is not rich in time ; it may be poor ; Part with it as with money, sparing ; pay No moment, but in purchase of its worth ; And what its worth ask death-beds ; they can tell.
Page 123 - Enjoy the various riches nature yields ; Far nobler ! give the riches they enjoy ; Give taste to fruits ; and harmony to groves ; Their radiant beams to gold, and gold's bright...
Page 45 - And soon as man, expert from time, has found The key of life, it opes the gates of death.
Page 264 - We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood.
Page 15 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
Page 226 - All the black cares and tumults of this life, Like harmless thunders, breaking at his feet, Excite his pity, not impair his peace.
Page 59 - Religion's All. Descending from the skies To wretched man, the goddess in her left Holds out this world, and, in her right, the next...
Page 35 - Our dying friends come o'er us like a cloud, To damp our brainless ardours, and abate That glare of life which often blinds the wise. Our dying friends are pioneers, to smooth...