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admiration allusion ambition angels beautiful bliss cause character Christian creation dark death deep Deity desire divine dread dust earth eternal ev'ry existence expression fair fall fate feel fire future give glory gods grave hand happiness heart heav'n hope hour human idea immortal kind leave less light lines live look Lorenzo lost man's means mind moral nature nature's never Night o'er objects once pain passion peace perhaps pleasure poem poet praise present pride proud reason regard rise says scene seems seen sense skies smile song soon soul speaks spirit stars strike strong thee things thou thought throne true truth turn virtue whole wing wisdom wise wish wonders writings Young
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 378 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 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...
Página 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.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality Boyd's English classics Boyd's annotated English classics |
| Autores | Edward Young, James Robert Boyd |
| Editor | James Robert Boyd |
| Editor | A.S. Barnes, 1852 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 14 Mar 2008 |
| Largo | 516 páginas |
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