Night Thoughts on Life, Death and ImmortalityStoddart & Atherton, 1830 - 301 pages |
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... happiness herself makes good her name ; Our very wishes give us not our wish . 275 How distant oft the thing we doat on most From that for which we doat , felicity ! The smoothest course of Nature has its pains , And truest friends ...
... happiness herself makes good her name ; Our very wishes give us not our wish . 275 How distant oft the thing we doat on most From that for which we doat , felicity ! The smoothest course of Nature has its pains , And truest friends ...
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... happiness 300 305 To those whose thought can pierce beyond an hour ! O thou ! whate'er thou art , whose heart exults ! Would thou I should congratulate thy fate ? 310 I know thou wouldst ; thy pride demands it from me . Let thy pride ...
... happiness 300 305 To those whose thought can pierce beyond an hour ! O thou ! whate'er thou art , whose heart exults ! Would thou I should congratulate thy fate ? 310 I know thou wouldst ; thy pride demands it from me . Let thy pride ...
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... happiness ; beware All joys but joys that never can expire . Who builds on less than an immortal base , Fond as he seems , condemns his joys to death . Mine died with thee , Philander ! thy last sigh 345 Dissolved the charm ; the ...
... happiness ; beware All joys but joys that never can expire . Who builds on less than an immortal base , Fond as he seems , condemns his joys to death . Mine died with thee , Philander ! thy last sigh 345 Dissolved the charm ; the ...
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... happier clime explore . 385 390 Art thou so moor'd thou canst not disengage , Nor give thy thoughts a ply to future scenes ? Since by life's passing breath , blown up from earth , Light as the summer's dust , we take in air A moment's ...
... happier clime explore . 385 390 Art thou so moor'd thou canst not disengage , Nor give thy thoughts a ply to future scenes ? Since by life's passing breath , blown up from earth , Light as the summer's dust , we take in air A moment's ...
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... happiness ? That unobtain'd , than folly more a fool ; A melancholy fool , without her bells . Friendship , the means of wisdom , richly gives The precious end which makes our wisdom wise . Nature , in zeal for human amity , Denies or ...
... happiness ? That unobtain'd , than folly more a fool ; A melancholy fool , without her bells . Friendship , the means of wisdom , richly gives The precious end which makes our wisdom wise . Nature , in zeal for human amity , Denies or ...
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adore ambition angels archangels art thou beam beneath bids blest bliss blood divine boast boundless call'd canst charms creation dæmons dark death deep Deity delight divine dost dread dust E'en earth EDWARD YOUNG endless eternal ethereal ev'ry fair fate fire flame fond fool gaze give glorious glory gods grave grief groan guilt happiness heart heav'n hope hour human illustrious indulge infidels life's light live Lorenzo man's mankind midnight mind mismeasured mortal Narcissa nature nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er Omnipotence orbs pain passion peace Philander pleasure pow'r praise pride proud reason Reason sleeps rise sacred scene sense shades shines sigh sight skies smile song soul immortal sphere stars stings storm strange thee theme thine thought throne thy disease tomb triumph truth virtue virtue's wing wisdom wise wish wonder wretched ye stars