Night Thoughts on Life, Death and ImmortalityA. S. Barnes, 1856 - 516 pages |
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Page 77
... Deity ! A beam ethereal , sullied and absorpt ! Though sullied and dishonour'd , still divine ! Dim miniature of greatness absolute ! An heir of glory ! a frail child of dust ! Helpless immortal ! insect infinite ! A worm a god ! -I ...
... Deity ! A beam ethereal , sullied and absorpt ! Though sullied and dishonour'd , still divine ! Dim miniature of greatness absolute ! An heir of glory ! a frail child of dust ! Helpless immortal ! insect infinite ! A worm a god ! -I ...
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... deities , and were worshipped in temples within the city ; they would not receive Quiet , or Rest , as a goddess in public , but built a temple for her in one of their highways , without the city wal's . Then time turns torment , when ...
... deities , and were worshipped in temples within the city ; they would not receive Quiet , or Rest , as a goddess in public , but built a temple for her in one of their highways , without the city wal's . Then time turns torment , when ...
Page 111
... Deity , and ' tis decreed , Who thwart his will shall contradict their own . Hence our unnat❜ral quarrel with ourselves ; Our thoughts at enmity ; our bosom - broil ; 170 We push Time from us , and we wish him back ; Lavish of lustrums ...
... Deity , and ' tis decreed , Who thwart his will shall contradict their own . Hence our unnat❜ral quarrel with ourselves ; Our thoughts at enmity ; our bosom - broil ; 170 We push Time from us , and we wish him back ; Lavish of lustrums ...
Page 142
... deity my song invokes . I to Day's soft - eyed sister pay my court , ( Endymion's rival ) and her aid implore ; Now first implored in succour to the muse . Thou , who didst lately borrow Cynthia's form , 25 awakens in the mind of the ...
... deity my song invokes . I to Day's soft - eyed sister pay my court , ( Endymion's rival ) and her aid implore ; Now first implored in succour to the muse . Thou , who didst lately borrow Cynthia's form , 25 awakens in the mind of the ...
Page 143
... deities to whose guardianship were assigned particular branches of knowledge and the fine arts , particularly music and song : hence our author appropriately directs them , in requiring aid , to call upon the lunar sphere , the moon ...
... deities to whose guardianship were assigned particular branches of knowledge and the fine arts , particularly music and song : hence our author appropriately directs them , in requiring aid , to call upon the lunar sphere , the moon ...
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Page 95 - 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 330 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Page 429 - Archangel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched, and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate* pride Waiting revenge. Cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemned For ever now to have their lot in pain...
Page 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.
Page 378 - This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors
Page 284 - THERE is a glorious city in the sea. The sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, Ebbing and flowing ; and the salt sea-weed Clings to the marble of her palaces. No track of men, no footsteps to and fro, Lead to her gates. The path lies o'er the sea, Invisible ; and from the land we went, As to a floating city — steering in, And gliding up her streets as in a dream...
Page 96 - At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; us 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 77 - From different natures marvellously' mixt, Connexion exquisite of distant worlds*! Distinguished link in being's endless chain*! Midway from nothing' to the Deity*! A beam ethereal', sullied', and absorpt*! Though sullied*, and dishonour'd', still divine*? Dim miniature' of greatness absolute*! 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*!
Page 111 - The man who consecrates his hours By vigorous effort, and an honest aim, At once he draws the sting of life and death : He walks with nature ; and her paths are peace.
Page 165 - Death is the crown of life : Were death denied, poor man would live in vain ; Were death denied, to live would not be life ; Were death denied, even fools would wish to die. Death wounds to cure : we fall ; we rise ; we reign ! Spring from our fetters ; fasten in the skies ; Where blooming Eden withers in our sight : Death gives us more than was in Eden lost. This king of terrors is the prince of peace.