Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and ImmortalityA.S. Barnes, 1852 - 516 sidor |
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... wish , When worlds want wealth to buy . " Again ; this poem is a well - filled magazine of offensive arms against scepticism , and of defensive arms for the security of the great Christian scheme of redemption . The sixth and seventh ...
... wish , When worlds want wealth to buy . " Again ; this poem is a well - filled magazine of offensive arms against scepticism , and of defensive arms for the security of the great Christian scheme of redemption . The sixth and seventh ...
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... Wish , " some stanzas of which will serve to throw light upon the author's character . They present it under an aspect quite unlike the manifestations of it hitherto furnished , and those which appear in the subsequent portion of his ...
... Wish , " some stanzas of which will serve to throw light upon the author's character . They present it under an aspect quite unlike the manifestations of it hitherto furnished , and those which appear in the subsequent portion of his ...
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... wish for more ? Wishing , of all employments , is the worst ! " Yet he afterwards speaks of the goodness of Providence in assign- ing him a quiet moral position in which his heart was at rest , com- paring himself to a shipwrecked ...
... wish for more ? Wishing , of all employments , is the worst ! " Yet he afterwards speaks of the goodness of Providence in assign- ing him a quiet moral position in which his heart was at rest , com- paring himself to a shipwrecked ...
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... wish him well , he might be happy , though his state of health is lately much altered for the worse . " The next ... wishes of the wiser part of mankind , another . There seems to be no hope , so long as the ascendency is so great ...
... wish him well , he might be happy , though his state of health is lately much altered for the worse . " The next ... wishes of the wiser part of mankind , another . There seems to be no hope , so long as the ascendency is so great ...
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... wish , " says Mr. Jones , “ the ancient man's heart may grow tender towards the son , though knowing him so well , I can scarce hope to hear such desirable news . " Another writer states that this alienation arose from some ...
... wish , " says Mr. Jones , “ the ancient man's heart may grow tender towards the son , though knowing him so well , I can scarce hope to hear such desirable news . " Another writer states that this alienation arose from some ...
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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
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Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 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...
Sida 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.
Sida 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...
Sida 378 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
Sida 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.
Sida 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!
Sida 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...
Sida 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.