Night Thoughts on Life, Death and ImmortalityStoddart & Atherton, 1830 - 301 pages |
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Page 11
... round and round In silken thought , which reptile Fancy spun , Till darken'd reason lay quite clouded o'er 160 With soft conceit of endless comfort here , Nor yet put forth her wings to reach the skies ! 170 Night visions may befriend ...
... round and round In silken thought , which reptile Fancy spun , Till darken'd reason lay quite clouded o'er 160 With soft conceit of endless comfort here , Nor yet put forth her wings to reach the skies ! 170 Night visions may befriend ...
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... round In the rich ichor , in the gen'rous blood Of Bacchus , purple god of joyous wit , A brow solute , and ever - laughing eye . 575 580 He drank long health and virtue to his friend ; His friend ! who warm'd him more , who more in ...
... round In the rich ichor , in the gen'rous blood Of Bacchus , purple god of joyous wit , A brow solute , and ever - laughing eye . 575 580 He drank long health and virtue to his friend ; His friend ! who warm'd him more , who more in ...
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... ever in the womb , nor see the light ! For what live ever here ? -with lab'ring step To tread our former footsteps ? pace the round 330 Eternal ? to climb life's worn heavy wheel Which draws up nothing new ? to beat , and NARCISSA . 51.
... ever in the womb , nor see the light ! For what live ever here ? -with lab'ring step To tread our former footsteps ? pace the round 330 Eternal ? to climb life's worn heavy wheel Which draws up nothing new ? to beat , and NARCISSA . 51.
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... round ? Have I not made my triple promise good ? Vain is the world ; but only to the vain . To what compare we then this varying scene , Whose worth ambiguous rises and declines , Waxes and wanes ? ( In all , propitious Night Assists me ...
... round ? Have I not made my triple promise good ? Vain is the world ; but only to the vain . To what compare we then this varying scene , Whose worth ambiguous rises and declines , Waxes and wanes ? ( In all , propitious Night Assists me ...
Page 65
... round of rays complete : They set at odds Heav'n's jarring attributes , And with one excellence another wound ; Maim heav'n's perfection , break its equal beams , Bid mercy triumph over - God himself , Undefied by their opprobrious ...
... round of rays complete : They set at odds Heav'n's jarring attributes , And with one excellence another wound ; Maim heav'n's perfection , break its equal beams , Bid mercy triumph over - God himself , Undefied by their opprobrious ...
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