The poetical works of ... E. Young. With the life of the author. Cooke's ed, Volume 11799 |
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... Thro ' many a field of moral and divine The Mufe has ftray'd , and much of forrow feen , ---- O'er friends deceas'd full heartily the wept ; Of love divine the wonders the difplay'd ; Prov'd man immortal ; fhew'd the fource of joy ; The ...
... Thro ' many a field of moral and divine The Mufe has ftray'd , and much of forrow feen , ---- O'er friends deceas'd full heartily the wept ; Of love divine the wonders the difplay'd ; Prov'd man immortal ; fhew'd the fource of joy ; The ...
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... Thro ' life we chafe , with fond purfuit , What mocks our hope , like Sodom's fruit ; And , fure , thy plan was well defign'd To cure this madness of the mind ; First beyond time our thoughts to raise , Then lash our love of tranfient ...
... Thro ' life we chafe , with fond purfuit , What mocks our hope , like Sodom's fruit ; And , fure , thy plan was well defign'd To cure this madness of the mind ; First beyond time our thoughts to raise , Then lash our love of tranfient ...
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... thro ' error , wound our reft . Without misfortune what calamities ! 280 And what hoftilities without a foe ! Nor are foes wanting to the best on earth . But endless is the lift of human ills , And fighs might fooner fail than cause to ...
... thro ' error , wound our reft . Without misfortune what calamities ! 280 And what hoftilities without a foe ! Nor are foes wanting to the best on earth . But endless is the lift of human ills , And fighs might fooner fail than cause to ...
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... thro ' ev'ry ftage . When young , indeed , In full content we fometimes nobly rest , Unanxious for ourfelves , and only with , As duteous fons , our fathers were more wife . At thirty man fufpe & ts himself a fool ; Knows it at forty ...
... thro ' ev'ry ftage . When young , indeed , In full content we fometimes nobly rest , Unanxious for ourfelves , and only with , As duteous fons , our fathers were more wife . At thirty man fufpe & ts himself a fool ; Knows it at forty ...
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... thro ' their wounded hearts the fudden dread ; But their hearts wounded , like the wounded air , Soon clofe ; where past the shaft no trace is found . As from the wing no fcar the fky retains , The parted wave no furrow from the keel ...
... thro ' their wounded hearts the fudden dread ; But their hearts wounded , like the wounded air , Soon clofe ; where past the shaft no trace is found . As from the wing no fcar the fky retains , The parted wave no furrow from the keel ...
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againſt ambition angels art thou bleffings blefs'd blifs bofom boundleſs breaſt caufe cauſe dæmons darkneſs death defcend Deity deſpair diftant divine doft dread duft earth endleſs eternal ev'ry facred fafe fame fate fatires fcene feems feen fenfe fhades fhall fhines fhould figh fight fkies flain fleeps fmile foar foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul fpirit ftars ftill ftrange ftrike fuch fure glory grave grief guilt happineſs heart heaven himſelf human illuftrious immortal juft laft lefs life's loft Lorenzo luftre man's moft mortal moſt muft muſt Nature Nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er paffion paft pain paſt peace pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe prefent pride proud reafon rife ſcene ſhall ſkies ſmile ſphere ſtars ſtill thee thefe theme theſe thine thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro throne truth univerfal virtue whofe wifdom wife wing wretched
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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.