Night Thoughts on Life, Death and ImmortalityStoddart & Atherton, 1830 - 301 pages |
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... blest scenes of permanent delight ! Full above measure ! lasting beyond bound ! A perpetuity of bliss is bliss . Could you , so rich in rapture , fear an end , " That ghastly thought would drink up all your joy , 185 And quite ...
... blest scenes of permanent delight ! Full above measure ! lasting beyond bound ! A perpetuity of bliss is bliss . Could you , so rich in rapture , fear an end , " That ghastly thought would drink up all your joy , 185 And quite ...
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... blest ; By dotage dandled to perpetual smiles . Know , smiler ! at thy peril art thou pleased ; 315 Thy pleasure is the promise of thy pain . Misfortune , like a creditor severe , But rises in demand of her delay ; She makes a scourge ...
... blest ; By dotage dandled to perpetual smiles . Know , smiler ! at thy peril art thou pleased ; 315 Thy pleasure is the promise of thy pain . Misfortune , like a creditor severe , But rises in demand of her delay ; She makes a scourge ...
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... darkness into day ! O had he , mounted on his wing of fire , Soar'd where I sink , and sung immortal man , How had it blest mankind , and rescued me ! 455 460 THE COMPLAINT . NIGHT II . -000- ON TIME , 20 Night L THE COMPLAINT .
... darkness into day ! O had he , mounted on his wing of fire , Soar'd where I sink , and sung immortal man , How had it blest mankind , and rescued me ! 455 460 THE COMPLAINT . NIGHT II . -000- ON TIME , 20 Night L THE COMPLAINT .
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... immortalizes all ; This the blest art of turning all to gold : This the good heart's prerogative to raise A royal tribute from the poorest hours ; 80 • Immense revenue ! ev'ry moment pays . If nothing ON TIME , DEATH , AND FRIENDSHIP . 2.
... immortalizes all ; This the blest art of turning all to gold : This the good heart's prerogative to raise A royal tribute from the poorest hours ; 80 • Immense revenue ! ev'ry moment pays . If nothing ON TIME , DEATH , AND FRIENDSHIP . 2.
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... Blest leisure is our curse ; like that of Cain , 135 It makes us wander , wander earth around , To fly that tyrant Thought . As Atlas groan'd The world beneath , we groan beneath an hour . 130 We cry for mercy to the next amusement ...
... Blest leisure is our curse ; like that of Cain , 135 It makes us wander , wander earth around , To fly that tyrant Thought . As Atlas groan'd The world beneath , we groan beneath an hour . 130 We cry for mercy to the next amusement ...
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