Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and ImmortalityA.S. Barnes, 1852 - 516 עמודים |
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עמוד 16
... thing is plainly to be seen in some portions of the " Night Thoughts " themselves . Among his first poetical adventures was an epistle to the Right Honorable George , Lord Lansdowne , published in 1712. In this poem , it has been truly ...
... thing is plainly to be seen in some portions of the " Night Thoughts " themselves . Among his first poetical adventures was an epistle to the Right Honorable George , Lord Lansdowne , published in 1712. In this poem , it has been truly ...
עמוד 18
... things , he declares , though at the very outset of his new subjects bless the gods for such a king and asked no more . This poem was not introduced , however , by the author into his edi- tion of his complete works . Perhaps he became ...
... things , he declares , though at the very outset of his new subjects bless the gods for such a king and asked no more . This poem was not introduced , however , by the author into his edi- tion of his complete works . Perhaps he became ...
עמוד 20
... things , he says : - " To whom should I address my song ' To whom but thee ? The boundless sea , And grateful muse to George belong . * * * * What hero's praise Can fire my lays Like his with whom my lay begun ? Justice sincere , And ...
... things , he says : - " To whom should I address my song ' To whom but thee ? The boundless sea , And grateful muse to George belong . * * * * What hero's praise Can fire my lays Like his with whom my lay begun ? Justice sincere , And ...
עמוד 28
... things of this nature to his majesty . And , therefore , in all likeli- hood , the only consequence of doing it would be to weaken the little influ- ence which else I may possibly have on some other occasions . Your fortune and your ...
... things of this nature to his majesty . And , therefore , in all likeli- hood , the only consequence of doing it would be to weaken the little influ- ence which else I may possibly have on some other occasions . Your fortune and your ...
עמוד 29
... things sérious and useful , his vain opinion of his own merit , and his affection of preference and distinction from his mother he inherits his indigence , which makes him a constant beggar of favours ; that importunity with which he ...
... things sérious and useful , his vain opinion of his own merit , and his affection of preference and distinction from his mother he inherits his indigence , which makes him a constant beggar of favours ; that importunity with which he ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
admiration Æneid allusion ambition angels art thou beautiful beneath blest bliss charms Christian Cineas creation dæmons dark death Deity delight divine dread dust Earl of Litchfield earth Epicurus eternal ev'ry fable fame fancy fate feel fire flame fond fool future genius give gloomy glorious glory goddess gods grave grief guilt happiness heart heav'n hope hour human immortal indulge infidel life's light live Lorenzo Lucifer man's mankind midnight mind mismeasured moral Narcissa nature nature's ne'er Night Thoughts nought numbers o'er Pagan pain Paradise Lost passion peace Philander pleasure poem poet pow'r praise pride proud reason rise sacred satire says scene sense sigh skies smile song soul sphere stars strike sublime taste thee theme thine things Thomas Brown throne tomb triumph truth virtue wing wisdom wise wish wonders wretched Young
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 363 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed — in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of eternity — the throne Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread fathomless alone.
עמוד 185 - tis said) Before was never made, But when of old the sons of morning sung, While the Creator great His constellations set, And the well-balanced world on hinges hung. And cast the dark foundations deep, And bid the weltering waves their oozy channel keep.
עמוד 397 - And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it...
עמוד 124 - 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.
עמוד 363 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy...
עמוד 378 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
עמוד 270 - Pure as the expanse of heaven I thither went With unexperienced thought and laid me down On the green bank to look into the clear Smooth lake that to me seemed another sky. As I bent down to look just opposite A shape within the watery gleam appeared Bending to look on me. I started back It started back but pleased I soon returned Pleased it returned as soon with answering looks Of sympathy and love.
עמוד 77 - An heir of glory! a frail child of dust! Helpless immortal! insect infinite! A worm! a god! I tremble at myself, . And in myself am lost ! at home a stranger, Thought wanders up and down, surprised, aghast, And wondering at her own: how reason reels!
עמוד 375 - Prone on the ground, as since, but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds, that tower'd Fold above fold a surging maze, his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes ; With burnish'd neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant...
עמוד 75 - To reason, and on reason build resolve, (That column of true majesty in man) Assist me : I will thank you in the grave ; The grave, your kingdom : There this frame shall fall A victim sacred to your dreary shrine.