 If dying mortals' doom they sing aright, No ghosts descend to dwell in dreadful night ; No parting souls to grisly Pluto go. Nor seek the dreary silent shades below ; But forth they fly immortal in their kind, And other bodies in new worlds they find...  Sketches of the History of Man - Page 37by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1778Full view - About this book
 | Lucan - Epic poetry, Latin - 1722 - 370 pages
...find. Thus Life for ever runs its endlefs Race. And like a Line, Death but divides the Space, A Stop which can but for a Moment laft, A Point between the Future and the Paft. 8of Thrice happy they beneath their Northern Skies, Who that worft Fear, the fear of Death, defpifej... | |
 | Henry Baker - English poetry - 1737 - 580 pages
...dreadful Night : No parting Souk to grizly Pluto go, Nor feek the dreary filent Shades below : But forth they fly, immortal in their Kind, And other Bodies,...endlefs Race, And, like a Line, Death but divides the Spade, A Stop which can but for a Moment laft, A Point between the Future and the Paît. Thrice happy... | |
 | Rapin de Thoyras (M., Paul) - Great Britain - 1757 - 558 pages
...No parting fool« to grifly Pluto go, •*" ' JÍOT fcejt the dreary £lent /hades below : But forth they fly, immortal in their kind. And other bodies...runs its endlefs race, And like a line, death but divide: the fpace j A ftop which can but for a moment laft, A point between the future and the paft.... | |
 | 1760 - 484 pages
...paffage from one body to another; or, as Mr. Rowe exprelTes it from Lucan's defcription of the Druids, " A ftop, which can but for a moment laft, " A point between the prefent and the paft." The character of thefe priefts muft have appeared extremely venerable, had not... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Civilization - 1774 - 668 pages
...night ; " No parting fouls to grifly Pluto go, " Nor feek the dreary filent fhades below ; " But forth they fly, immortal in their kind, " And other bodies...And, like a line, Death but divides the fpace ; ** A flop which can but for a moment laft, " A point between the future and the paft. " Thrice happy they... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Civilization - 1774 - 540 pages
...night ; " No parting fouls to grifly Pluto go, " Nor feek the dreary filent fhades below ; " But forth they fly, immortal in their kind, *' And other bodies...race, " And, like a line, Death but divides the fpace j " A Pop which can but for a moment laft, " A point between the future and the part. ** Thrice happy... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Civilization - 1778 - 550 pages
...j " No parting fouls to grifly Pluto go, *c Nor feek the dreary filent fhades below , *' But forth they fly, immortal in their kind* '* And other bodies...moment laft, " A point between the future and the pafh -" Thrice happy they beneath the northern ikies, *' Wlio that worft fear, the fear of death, defpife... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 236 pages
...Pluto go, Nor feek the dreary filent fhades below i But forth they fly immortal in their kind, 800 And other bodies in new worlds they find. Thus life...moment laft, ;A point between the future and the paft. 805 Thrice happy they beneath their noithern fkies, Who that worft fear, the fear of death, defpife... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 218 pages
...Pluto go, Nor feek the dreary f:lent fhades below : But forth they fly immortal in their kind, 8oe And other bodies in new worlds they find. Thus life...race, And like a line, death but divides the fpace, A flop which can but for a moment laft, A point between the future and the paft. 805 Thrice happy they... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 488 pages
...Pluto go, ,Nor feek the dreary filent fhades below i But forth they fly immortal in their kind, Soe And other bodies in new worlds they find. Thus life for ever runs its endleis race, And like a line, death but divides the fpace, • A flop which can but for a moment laft,... | |
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