Night Thoughts on Life, Death and ImmortalityStoddart & Atherton, 1830 - 301 pages |
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... mankind . God's image , disinherited of day , " 240 245 250 Here , plunged in mines , forgets a sun was made ; There , beings , deathless as their haughty lord , Are hammer'd to the galling oar for life ; And plough the winter's wave ...
... mankind . God's image , disinherited of day , " 240 245 250 Here , plunged in mines , forgets a sun was made ; There , beings , deathless as their haughty lord , Are hammer'd to the galling oar for life ; And plough the winter's wave ...
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... mankind : The selfish heart deserves the pain it feels : More gen'rous sorrow , while it sinks , exalts ; And conscious virtue mitigates the pang . Nor virtue more than prudence bids me give Swoln thought a second channel ; who divide ...
... mankind : The selfish heart deserves the pain it feels : More gen'rous sorrow , while it sinks , exalts ; And conscious virtue mitigates the pang . Nor virtue more than prudence bids me give Swoln thought a second channel ; who divide ...
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... 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 .
... 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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... mankind . So should all speak : so reason speaks in all : From the soft whispers of that God in man , Why fly to folly , why to frenzy fly , 105 For rescue from the blessings we possess ? Time , the supreme ! -Time is eternity ...
... mankind . So should all speak : so reason speaks in all : From the soft whispers of that God in man , Why fly to folly , why to frenzy fly , 105 For rescue from the blessings we possess ? Time , the supreme ! -Time is eternity ...
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... mankind , in contradiction strong , Rueful , aghast ! cry out on his career . 140 Leave to thy foes these errors and these ills ; 145 To Nature just , their cause and cure explore . Not short Heav'n's bounty ; boundless our expense ; No ...
... mankind , in contradiction strong , Rueful , aghast ! cry out on his career . 140 Leave to thy foes these errors and these ills ; 145 To Nature just , their cause and cure explore . Not short Heav'n's bounty ; boundless our expense ; No ...
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