Night Thoughts on Life, Death and ImmortalityStoddart & Atherton, 1830 - 301 pages |
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Page 11
... proud words , and vain ! Implicit treason to divine decree ! A bold invasion of the ngnts of Heav'n ! 200 205 I clasp'd the phantoms , and I found them air . O had I weigh'd it ere my fond embrace ! What darts of agony had miss'd my ...
... proud words , and vain ! Implicit treason to divine decree ! A bold invasion of the ngnts of Heav'n ! 200 205 I clasp'd the phantoms , and I found them air . O had I weigh'd it ere my fond embrace ! What darts of agony had miss'd my ...
Page 33
... proud Assyrian pale , Erewhile high - flush'd with insolence and wine ? Like that the dial speaks , and points to thee , Lorenzo ! loth to break thy banquet up : O man ! thy kingdom is departing from thee ; And , while it lasts , is ...
... proud Assyrian pale , Erewhile high - flush'd with insolence and wine ? Like that the dial speaks , and points to thee , Lorenzo ! loth to break thy banquet up : O man ! thy kingdom is departing from thee ; And , while it lasts , is ...
Page 35
... proud resource ? 485 ' Tis poor , as proud , by converse unsustain'd . Rude thought runs wild in contemplation's field ; 490 Converse , the menage , breaks it to the bit Of due restraint , and emulation's spur Gives graceful energy , by ...
... proud resource ? 485 ' Tis poor , as proud , by converse unsustain'd . Rude thought runs wild in contemplation's field ; 490 Converse , the menage , breaks it to the bit Of due restraint , and emulation's spur Gives graceful energy , by ...
Page 45
... proud man that is ashamed to weep ; Our tears indulged , indeed deserve our shame . Ye that e'er lost an angel , pity me ! Soon as the lustre languish'd in her eye , Dawning a dimmer day on human sight , And on her cheek , the residence ...
... proud man that is ashamed to weep ; Our tears indulged , indeed deserve our shame . Ye that e'er lost an angel , pity me ! Soon as the lustre languish'd in her eye , Dawning a dimmer day on human sight , And on her cheek , the residence ...
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... That subterranean world , that land of ruin ! Fit walk , Lorenzo , for proud human thought ! 260 There let my thought expatiate , and explore Balsamic truths and healing sentiments , Of all most wanted 5 C NARCISSA . 230 ...
... That subterranean world , that land of ruin ! Fit walk , Lorenzo , for proud human thought ! 260 There let my thought expatiate , and explore Balsamic truths and healing sentiments , Of all most wanted 5 C NARCISSA . 230 ...
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