The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, 第 61 巻 |
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ambition angels beneath bids bliſs born cauſe charms dark darkneſs dead death deep Deity divine dread earth eternal fail fair fall fate fear feel fight fire firſt fool fortune foul future gain give glory grave grief guilt hand happineſs heart heaven hope hour human immortal juſt kind leave leſs life's light live look Lorenzo man's mankind mean mind mortal moſt muſt nature nature's never night nought o'er once pain peace pleaſure poor praiſe preſent pride proud reaſon rich riſe round ſcene ſee ſenſe ſhall ſhines ſhould ſkies ſmile ſong ſoul ſtill ſtorm ſtrong ſuch ſun thee theme theſe thine things thoſe thou thought throne tomb triumph true truth turn virtue whoſe wing wiſdom wiſe wiſh wonders wretched
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16 ページ - 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.
40 ページ - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.
32 ページ - 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.
4 ページ - Fate! drop the curtain; I can lose no more. Silence and Darkness! solemn sisters! twins From ancient Night, who nurse the tender thought To reason, and on reason build resolve...
5 ページ - We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood.
20 ページ - Youth is not rich in time ; it may be poor ; Part with it as with money, sparing ; pay No moment, but in purchase of its worth ; And what its worth ask death-beds ; they can tell.
3 ページ - From short (as usual) and disturb'd repose I wake : how happy they who wake no more ! Yet that were vain, if dreams infest the grave.
29 ページ - But why on time so lavish is my song? On this great theme kind Nature keeps a school, To teach her sons herself.
5 ページ - Lead it through various scenes of life and death; And from each scene the noblest truths inspire. Nor less inspire my conduct than my song ; Teach my best reason, reason ; my best will...
249 ページ - All the black cares and tumults of this life, Like harmless thunders, breaking at his feet, Excite his pity, not impair his peace.