The Works Of The Author Of The Night-Thoughts: In Three Volumes, Volume 2J. Dodsley, C. Dilly, T. Cadell ... [and 10 others], 1792 - 339 pages |
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... kind . Farewel for ever . - This fevere behaviour Has , to my comfort , made it sweet to die . LEONORA . [ Afide . ] Farewell for ever ! -Sweet to die ! -O heav'n ! Alonzo , ftay ; you must not thus escape me ; But hear your guilt at ...
... kind . Farewel for ever . - This fevere behaviour Has , to my comfort , made it sweet to die . LEONORA . [ Afide . ] Farewell for ever ! -Sweet to die ! -O heav'n ! Alonzo , ftay ; you must not thus escape me ; But hear your guilt at ...
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... kind ? It therefore is the worft ; For ' tis his kindness which I fear to hurt : Shall the fame moment fee him fink in woes , And me providing for a flood of joys , Rich in the plunder of his happiness ? No ; I may die ; but I can never ...
... kind ? It therefore is the worft ; For ' tis his kindness which I fear to hurt : Shall the fame moment fee him fink in woes , And me providing for a flood of joys , Rich in the plunder of his happiness ? No ; I may die ; but I can never ...
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... kind . Zanga , I understand thee well . She dies ; Tho ' my arm tremble at the stroke , she dies . ZANGA . That's truly great . What think you ' twas fet up The Greek and Roman name in such a lustre , But But doing right in ftern ...
... kind . Zanga , I understand thee well . She dies ; Tho ' my arm tremble at the stroke , she dies . ZANGA . That's truly great . What think you ' twas fet up The Greek and Roman name in such a lustre , But But doing right in ftern ...
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... kind , and think me kind to all ; The weak , ungenerous error of your sex . What could infpire the thought ? We oft'neft judge From our own hearts : and is yours then fo frail , It prompts you to conceive thus ill of me ? He that can ...
... kind , and think me kind to all ; The weak , ungenerous error of your sex . What could infpire the thought ? We oft'neft judge From our own hearts : and is yours then fo frail , It prompts you to conceive thus ill of me ? He that can ...
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... ? -and if not- How my thought darkens that way ! Grant , kind heav'n , That the prove guilty , or give Being end . Is that my hope then ? -Sure , the facred duft 2 Of Of her that bore me trembles in its urn . 82 THE REVENGE .
... ? -and if not- How my thought darkens that way ! Grant , kind heav'n , That the prove guilty , or give Being end . Is that my hope then ? -Sure , the facred duft 2 Of Of her that bore me trembles in its urn . 82 THE REVENGE .
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The Works of the Author of the Night-Thoughts, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint) Edward Young No preview available - 2018 |
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Afide againſt ALONZO angels ANTIGONUS art thou aſk Becauſe bleft blifs bliſs blood bofom breaſt brother cauſe dæmon darkneſs death DEMETRIUS deſpair divine doft Don Carlos dreadful duft DYMAS earth ERIXENE eternal Ev'n ev'ry facred fame fate father fhall figh fight fince firſt fmiles foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul friendſhip ftill ftrike fuch fure give glory gods grave groan guilt happineſs heart heav'n himſelf immortal juft KING laſt lefs LEONORA loft lord LORENZO Macedon moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature nature's ne'er night o'er paffion pain peace PERICLES PERSEUS pleaſure POSTHUMIUS pow'r praiſe raiſe reaſon rife Rome ſcene ſhall ſhe ſhould ſkies ſmile ſpeak ſtill ſuch tears thee theſe thine thoſe thou thought thouſand Thrace thro throne tranſport tremble vengeance virtue whoſe wife wiſdom wiſh wounds wretched ZANGA
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Page 204 - At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same.
Page 203 - 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 193 - 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 219 - That common, but opprobrious lot ! past hours, If not by guilt, yet wound us by their flight, If folly bounds our prospect by the grave...
Page 204 - ... immortal. All men think all men mortal but themselves ; Themselves, when some alarming shock of Fate Strikes through their wounded hearts the sudden dread : But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close; where past the shaft no trace is found.
Page 193 - Lead it through various scenes of life and death; And from each scene the noblest truths inspire. Nor less inspire my conduct than my song ; Teach my best reason, reason ; my best will...
Page 215 - Like num'rous wings around him, as he flies : Or, rather, as unequal plumes, they shape His ample pinions, swift as darted flame, To gain his goal, to reach his ancient...
Page 241 - 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...
Page 203 - For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel; and their pride On this reversion takes up ready praise; At least their own; their future selves applauds.
Page 252 - Death's tremendous blow. The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave; The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm ; These are the bugbears of a winter's eve, The terrors of the living, not the dead. Imagination's fool, and Error's wretch, Man makes a death which Nature never made : Then on the point of his own fancy falls, And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one.