And griefs, will find their shafts elanc'd in vain, And their points broke, retorted from the head, Safe in the grave, and free among the dead. Solomon de mundi vanitate: poema - עמוד 51 מאת Matthew Prior - 1734 תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
...In the still Shades of Death : for Dread and Pain, And Grief will find their Shafts elanc'd in vain, And their Points broke, retorted from the Head, Safe...Grave, and free among the Dead. Yet tell Me, frighted Reason ! what is Death ? Blood only stopp'd, and interrupted Breath ? The utmost Limit of a narrow...