 Where time, and pain, and chance, and death, expire! And is it in the flight of threescore years, To push eternity from human thought, «And smother souls immortal in the dust? A soul immortal, spending all her fires, Wasting her strength in strenuous...  The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 66by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Edward Young - Bible - 1750 - 350 pages
...Tumult, raptur'd, or alarm'd, At ought this Scene can threaten, or indulge, Refembles Ocean into Tempeft wrought, To waft a Feather, or to drown a Fly. Where falls this Cenfure ? It o'erwhelms myfelf. How was my Heart incrufted by the World I O how felf-fetter'd was my... | |
 | Edward Young - Bible - 1750 - 416 pages
...Tumult, raptur'd, or alarm'd, At ought this Scene can threaten, or indulge, Refembles Ocean into Tempeft wrought, To waft a Feather, or to drown a Fly. Where falls this Cenfure ? It o'erwhelms myfelf. How was my Heart incrufted by the World ! O how felf-fetter'd was my... | |
 | Edward Young - 1762 - 292 pages
...tumult, raptur'd, or alarm'd, At aught this fcene can threaten or indulge, Refembles acian into tempeft wrought, To waft a feather, or to drown a fly. Where falls this cenfure ? It o'erwhelms myfelf ; How was my heart incrufted by the world ! O how felf.fetter'd was... | |
 | Edward Young - Apologetics - 1775 - 408 pages
...tumult, raptur'd, or alarm'd, At aught th'is fcene can threaten, or indulge, Refembles ocean into tempeft wrought, To waft a feather, or to drown a fly. Where falls this cenfure ? It o'erwhelms myfelfi How was my heart encrufted by the world! O how felf-fetter'd was my... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 858 pages
...tumult, niptur'd or alarm'd, At oughl this feme c;m threaten or indulge, Kelemhles tctan into tempeil wrought, To waft a feather, or to drown a fly. Where falls this cenfure? Ito'erwhelms myfclf; 155 How was my heart incrufted liy the world ! O luiw ftlf-felter'd was... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 280 pages
...tumult, raptur'd or alarm'd, At ought this fcene can threaten or indulge, Rcfembles ocean into tempeft wrought, To waft a feather, or to drown a fly. Where falls this cenfure ? It o'erwhelms myfelf ; 155 How was my heart incrufted by the world ! O how felf-fetter'd... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1036 pages
...tumult, raptur'd or alarm'd, At ought thisfcene can threaten or indulge, Reftmbles ocean into temped wrought, To waft a feather, or to drown a fly. Where falls this cenfure ? It o'erwhelms myfelf t How was my heart incruftcd by the world '. O how felf-fetter'd was... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 470 pages
...spending all her fires, Wasting her strength in strenuous idleness, 150 Thrown into tumillt, rapttir'd or alarm'd, At aught this scene can threaten or indulge,...feather, or to drown a fly. Where falls this censure? Ito'erwhelmsmyselfi 155 How was my heart incrusted by the world ! 0 how self fetter'd was my grov'ling... | |
 | Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...spending all her fires, Wasting her strength in strenuous idleness, 150 Thrown into tumult, raptur'd, or alarm'd At aught this scene can threaten, or indulge,...fly. Where falls this censure ? it o'erwhelms myself; 155 How was my heart incrusted by the world ! O how self-fetter'd was my grov'ling soul ! How, like... | |
 | Edward Young - 1799 - 312 pages
...tumult, raptur'd or alarm'd, At aught this 1'cene can threaten or indulge, Refembles ocean into tempeft wrought, To waft a feather, or to drown a fly. Where falls this cenfure ? It o'erwhelms myfelf. How was my heart incrufted by the world ! 1 56 O how felf-fetter'd... | |
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