The poetical works of ... E. Young. With the life of the author. Cooke's ed, Volume 11799 |
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... mankind . God's image , difinherited of day , Here plung'd in mines , forgets a fun was made : There beings , deathless as their haughty lord , Are hammer'd to the galling oar for life , 240 245 250 And plough the winter's wave , and ...
... mankind . God's image , difinherited of day , Here plung'd in mines , forgets a fun was made : There beings , deathless as their haughty lord , Are hammer'd to the galling oar for life , 240 245 250 And plough the winter's wave , and ...
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... 'ning Fate wide opens to devour . What then am I , who forrow for myself ? In age , in infancy , from others ' aid Is all our hope : to teach us to be kind ; 290 295 That Nature's firft , laft leffon to mankind . The YOUNG'S POEMS .
... 'ning Fate wide opens to devour . What then am I , who forrow for myself ? In age , in infancy , from others ' aid Is all our hope : to teach us to be kind ; 290 295 That Nature's firft , laft leffon to mankind . The YOUNG'S POEMS .
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Edward Young. That Nature's firft , laft leffon to mankind . The selfish heart deferves the pain it feels . More gen'rous forrow , while it finks , exalts ; And confcious virtue mitigates the pang . Nor virtue more than prudence bids me ...
Edward Young. That Nature's firft , laft leffon to mankind . The selfish heart deferves the pain it feels . More gen'rous forrow , while it finks , exalts ; And confcious virtue mitigates the pang . Nor virtue more than prudence bids me ...
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... mankind and rescu'd me ! THE COMPLAINT . NIGHT II . ON TIME , DEATH , AND FRIENDSHIP . Humbly infcribed to the RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF WILMINGTON . WHEN 460 7HEN the cock crew he wept , " - fmote by that eye 5 . 10 Which looks on ...
... mankind and rescu'd me ! THE COMPLAINT . NIGHT II . ON TIME , DEATH , AND FRIENDSHIP . Humbly infcribed to the RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF WILMINGTON . WHEN 460 7HEN the cock crew he wept , " - fmote by that eye 5 . 10 Which looks on ...
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... mankind . So fhould all fpeak : fo reafon fpeaks in all : From the foft whispers of that God in man , Why fly to folly , why to frenzy fly , For refcue from the bleffings we poffefs ? Time the fupreme ! -Time is eternity ; Pregnant with ...
... mankind . So fhould all fpeak : fo reafon fpeaks in all : From the foft whispers of that God in man , Why fly to folly , why to frenzy fly , For refcue from the bleffings we poffefs ? Time the fupreme ! -Time is eternity ; Pregnant with ...
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Page 43 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n.
Page 25 - tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 15 - From short (as usual) and disturb'd repose I wake : how happy they who wake no more ! Yet that were vain, if dreams infest the grave.
Page 197 - All the black cares and tumults of this life, Like harmless thunders, breaking at his feet, Excite his pity, not impair his peace.
Page 57 - While reason and religion, better taught, Congratulate the dead, and crown his tomb With wreath triumphant.
Page 62 - From darkness, teeming darkness, where I lay The worm's inferior, and, in rank, beneath The dust I tread on, high to bear my brow, To drink the spirit of the golden day, And triumph in existence ; and couldst know No motive, but my bliss ; and hast ordain'd A rise in blessing ! with the patriarch's joy...
Page 30 - How heavily we drag the load of life! Blest leisure is our curse; like that of Cain, It makes us wander, wander earth around, To fly that tyrant Thought. As Atlas groan'd The world beneath, we groan beneath an hour.
Page 25 - How excellent that life they ne'er will lead! Time lodg'd in their own hands is Folly's vails ; That lodg'd in Fate's to wisdom they consign ; The thing they can't but purpose they postpone.
Page 119 - Enjoy the various riches nature yields ; Far nobler ! give the riches they enjoy ; Give taste to fruits ; and harmony to groves ; Their radiant beams to gold, and gold's bright...
Page 21 - Here, plung'd 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, and reap despair. Some, for hard masters, broken under arms, In battle lopt away, with half their limbs, Beg bitter bread thro' realms their valour sav'd, If so the tyrant, or his minion, doom.