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... rise from this lower world , soaring above the clouds , passing the first and second heavens , and leaving the fixed stars behind her ; nor will he lose her there , he says , but keep her still in view through the boundless spaces on ...
... rise from this lower world , soaring above the clouds , passing the first and second heavens , and leaving the fixed stars behind her ; nor will he lose her there , he says , but keep her still in view through the boundless spaces on ...
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... rising from the glowing ground . But tell me , oh ! what heavenly pleasure , tell , To think so greatly , and describe so well ! How wast thou pleased the wondrous theme to try , And find the thought of man could rise so high ! Beyond ...
... rising from the glowing ground . But tell me , oh ! what heavenly pleasure , tell , To think so greatly , and describe so well ! How wast thou pleased the wondrous theme to try , And find the thought of man could rise so high ! Beyond ...
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... rising dead ; [ thrown ; Of Time's grand period , Heaven and Earth o'er- And gasping Nature's last tremendous groan . These , when the stars and sun shall be no more , Shall beauty to your ravaged form restore : Then shall you shine ...
... rising dead ; [ thrown ; Of Time's grand period , Heaven and Earth o'er- And gasping Nature's last tremendous groan . These , when the stars and sun shall be no more , Shall beauty to your ravaged form restore : Then shall you shine ...
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... shrine . But what are ye ? — Thou , who didst put to flight Primeval Silence , when the morning stars , Exulting , shouted o'er the rising ball ; O Thou ! whose word from solid darkness struck That 62 N. I. THE COMPLAINT .
... shrine . But what are ye ? — Thou , who didst put to flight Primeval Silence , when the morning stars , Exulting , shouted o'er the rising ball ; O Thou ! whose word from solid darkness struck That 62 N. I. THE COMPLAINT .
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... rise in proof : While o'er my limbs Sleep's soft dominion spreads , What though my soul fantastic measures trod O'er fairy fields , or mourn'd along the gloom Of pathless woods , or down the craggy steep- Hurl'd headlong , swam with ...
... rise in proof : While o'er my limbs Sleep's soft dominion spreads , What though my soul fantastic measures trod O'er fairy fields , or mourn'd along the gloom Of pathless woods , or down the craggy steep- Hurl'd headlong , swam with ...
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ambition angels Anne Wharton art thou beam beneath bids bleeds bless'd bliss blood divine boundless Busiris call'd dark dead death Deity divine Dorset Downs dread dreams Duke of Wharton dust e'en earth Edward Young endless eternal fair fame fate fear fire flame folly fond fool friendship future genius give glorious glory grave grief guilt happiness heart Heaven hope hour human illustrious infidel labour life's light live Lorenzo Lyric Poetry man's mankind mortal Muse Narcissa Nature Nature's ne'er Night Thoughts nought numbers o'er pain passions peace Philander Pindaric pleasure poem poet poetry praise pride proud Reason Reason sleeps rich rise sacred says scene sense shade shines sigh skies smile song soul immortal stars strange thee theme thine throne tomb triumph truth virtue Virtue's wanted wing wing wisdom wise wish wretched Young
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Page 63 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man! How passing wonder He who made him such, Who centred in our make such strange extremes!
Page 63 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they? With the years beyond the flood.
Page 93 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heaven.
Page 103 - O'erwhelming turrets threaten ere they fall ; Volcanos bellow ere they disembogue ; Earth trembles ere her yawning jaws devour ; And smoke betrays the wide-consuming fire : Ruin from man is most conceal'd when near, And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow. Is this the flight of fancy ? Would it were ! Heaven's sovereign saves all beings, but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart.
Page 184 - The meanest slave ; all more is merit's due, Her sacred and inviolable right Nor ever paid the monarch, but the man. Our hearts ne'er bow but to superior worth ; Nor ever fail of their allegiance there. Fools, indeed, drop the man in their account, And vote the mantle into majesty.
Page 196 - Horrid with frost, and turbulent with storm, Blows autumn, and his golden fruits, away : Then melts into the spring : soft spring, with breath Favonian, from warm chambers of the south, Recalls the first. All, to re-flourish, fades ; As in a wheel, all sinks, to re-ascend. Emblems of man, who passes, not expires.
Page 64 - O'er fairy fields ; or mourn'd along the gloom Of pathless woods ; or, down the craggy steep Hurl'd headlong, swam with pain the mantled pool ; Or scaled the cliff; or danced on hollow winds, With antic shapes, wild natives of the brain...
Page 83 - But why on time so lavish is my song? On this great theme kind Nature keeps a school To teach her sons herself. Each night we die; Each morn are born anew; each day a life!
Page 184 - But wherefore envy \ Talents angel-bright, If wanting worth, are shining instruments In false ambition's hand, to finish faults Illustrious, and give infamy renown.
Page 71 - There's no prerogative in human hours. In human hearts what bolder thought can rise, Than man's presumption on to-morrow's dawn? Where is to-morrow? In another world. For numbers this is certain; the reverse Is sure to none: and yet on this perhaps...