A part how small of the terraqueous globe Is tenanted by man? the rest a waste; Rocks, deserts, frozen seas, and burning sands! Wild haunts of monsters, poisons, stings, and death Such is earth's melancholy map! but, far 'More sad! this earth is a true... The Quarterly Review - Page 48edited by - 1812Full view - About this book
| John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 470 pages
...earth. Hut endless is the list of human ills, And sighs might sooner fail than cause to sigh. Hocks, deserts, frozen seas, and burning sands ! Wild haunts...stings, and death. Such is earth's melancholy map ! but, far More sad ! this earth is a true map of man : z90 So bounded are its haughty lurd's delights... | |
| Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...ills, And sighs might sooner fail than cause to sigh. A part how small of the terraqueous globe 285 Is tenanted by Man ! the rest a waste ; Rocks, deserts,...stings, and death. Such is Earth's melancholy map! But, far More sad ! this earth is a true map of Man : 290 So bounded are his haughty lord's delights... | |
| Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...sigh. A part how small of the terraqeous globe Is tenanted by man! the rest a zvaste, Rocks, desarts, frozen seas, and burning sands: Wild haunts of monsters,...stings, and death. Such is earth's melancholy map ! But, far More sad ! this earth is a true map of matt. So bounded are its haughty lord's delights... | |
| Edward Young - English literature - 1802 - 402 pages
...sigh. A part how small of the terraqeous globe Is tenanted by man! the rest a zvaste, Rocks, desarts, frozen seas, and burning sands: Wild haunts of monsters,...stings, and death. Such is earth's melancholy map! But, far More sad! this earth is a true map of man. So bounded are its haughty lord's delights To zcoe's... | |
| Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...sigh. A part how small of the terraqeous glpbe Is tenanted by man ! the rest a waste, Rocks, desarts, frozen seas, and burning sands: Wild haunts of monsters,...stings, and death. Such is earth's melancholy map ! But, far More sad ! this earth is a true map of man. So bounded are its haughty lord's delights To... | |
| Edward Young - English poetry - 1802 - 412 pages
...sigh. A part how small of the terraqeous globe Is tenanted by man ! the rest a waste, Rocks, desarts, frozen seas, and burning sands : Wild haunts of monsters,...stings, and death. Such is earth's melancholy map ! But, far More sad ! this earth is a true map of man. So bounded are its haughty lord's delights To... | |
| John Fletcher - Salvation - 1804 - 248 pages
...circumstances, God's providential dealings with him, prove that he is by nature in a corrupt and lost estat« ? A part, how small ! of this terraqueous globe Is tenanted...waste. Rocks, deserts, frozen seas, and burning sands, Wild-haunts of monsters, poisons, stings, and death ; Such is earth's melancholy map ; but far More... | |
| Edward Young - English poetry - 1805 - 238 pages
...is the list of human ills, And sighs might sooner fail than cause to sigh. A paft how small of the terraqueous globe Is tenanted by man ? the rest a...seas, and burning sands ! Wild haunts of monsters, poison, stings, and deaifa__ Such is earth's melancholy map ! but, far More sad! this earth is a true... | |
| Edward Young - 1805 - 284 pages
...sigh. A part how small of the terraqueous globe Is tenanted by man ! the rest a waste, Rocks, desarts, frozen seas, and burning sands; Wild haunts of monsters,...stings, and death, Such is earth's melancholy map ! but far More sad ! this earth is a true map of man: So bounded are his haughty lord's delights To... | |
| 1807 - 592 pages
...human race. Else why are vast regions near the poles rendered uninhabitable by the cold ?" In short, " Rocks, deserts, frozen seas, and burning sands, wild haunts of monsters, poisons, stings, and death," afford to this gentleman decisive evidence, that happiness never can be the ultimate object of human... | |
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