The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 50-52Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... pleasure tell , To think fo greatly , and defcribe fo well ! How waft thou pleas'd the wondrous theme to try , And find the thought of man could rise so high ? Beyond this world the labour to pursue , And open all ETERNITY to view ? But ...
... pleasure tell , To think fo greatly , and defcribe fo well ! How waft thou pleas'd the wondrous theme to try , And find the thought of man could rise so high ? Beyond this world the labour to pursue , And open all ETERNITY to view ? But ...
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... pleasures of the great : And from the press , and the licentious stage , With luscious poison taint the thoughtless age ... pleasure read " Of future judgment , and the rising dead ; " Of time's grand period , heaven and earth o'erthrown ...
... pleasures of the great : And from the press , and the licentious stage , With luscious poison taint the thoughtless age ... pleasure read " Of future judgment , and the rising dead ; " Of time's grand period , heaven and earth o'erthrown ...
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... 'd ! To smile at death ! to long to be diffolv'd ! From our decays a pleasure to receive ! And kindle into tranfport at a grave ! 200 205 210 215 220 225 What What equals this ? And shall the victor now Boaft 14 YOUNG'S POEM'S .
... 'd ! To smile at death ! to long to be diffolv'd ! From our decays a pleasure to receive ! And kindle into tranfport at a grave ! 200 205 210 215 220 225 What What equals this ? And shall the victor now Boaft 14 YOUNG'S POEM'S .
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... pleasure points the shaft , and bends the bow ; The cluster blasts , or bids it brightly glow : " ' Tis thou that lead'st our powerful armies forth , “ And giv'st Great Anne Thy fceptre o'er the north . " Grant I may ever , at the ...
... pleasure points the shaft , and bends the bow ; The cluster blasts , or bids it brightly glow : " ' Tis thou that lead'st our powerful armies forth , “ And giv'st Great Anne Thy fceptre o'er the north . " Grant I may ever , at the ...
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... pleasure , and affaulting pain . " O may I pant for Thee in in each defire ! " And with strong faith foment the holy fire ! " Stretch out my foul in hope , and grasp the prize , " Which in Eternity's deep bofom lies ! " At the Great Day ...
... pleasure , and affaulting pain . " O may I pant for Thee in in each defire ! " And with strong faith foment the holy fire ! " Stretch out my foul in hope , and grasp the prize , " Which in Eternity's deep bofom lies ! " At the Great Day ...
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Page 1 - 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 31 - How empty learning, and how vain is art, But as it mends the life, and guides the heart!
Page 5 - Youth is not rich in time ; it may be poor ; Part with it as with money, sparing ; pay No moment, but in purchase of its worth ; And what its worth ask death-beds ; they can tell.
Page 123 - 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 45 - And soon as man, expert from time, has found The key of life, it opes the gates of death.
Page 264 - 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 15 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
Page 226 - All the black cares and tumults of this life, Like harmless thunders, breaking at his feet, Excite his pity, not impair his peace.
Page 59 - Religion's All. Descending from the skies To wretched man, the goddess in her left Holds out this world, and, in her right, the next...
Page 35 - Our dying friends come o'er us like a cloud, To damp our brainless ardours, and abate That glare of life which often blinds the wise. Our dying friends are pioneers, to smooth...