 Death's tremendous blow. The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave; The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm ; These are the bugbears of a winter's eve, The terrors of the living, not the dead. Imagination's fool, and Error's wretch, Man...  The guide of the Hebrew student, an epitome of sacred history, with easy ... - Página 63editado por - 1839Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Richard Dagley - 1828 - 562 páginas
...abstractedly considered, ' is most in apprehension ;' or that, ' imagination's fool and error's wretch, man makes a death which nature never made, then on...falls, and feels a thousand deaths in fearing one.' No, no — the Prince, nursed and wrapped in the splendour and luxuries of a gay and rich metropolis,... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 páginas
...winter's eve r Imagination's fool, and error's wretch. Man makes a death which nature never made y Then on the point of his own fancy falls, And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one. YotJXff. Why should we fear to lose a thing, which being lost, can never be missed or lamented ? And... | |
 | 1828 - 414 páginas
...shades — ' And these the formidable picture draw. ' Man forms a death that nature never made, ' And on the point of his own fancy falls, ' And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one." The celebrated poet Cowper, in a letter to his friend Joseph Hill, speaks of the only way to Jook at... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 páginas
...winter's eve, The terrours of the living, not the dead. Imagination's fool, and errour's wretch, Han makes a death, which Nature never made ; Then on the...falls ; And feels a thousand deaths, in fearing one. But were death frightful, what has age to fear ? If prudent, age should meet the friendly foe, Aad... | |
 | 1837 - 646 páginas
...condition, and waking up to find that " Everlasting fool is writ in fire." Superstitious fears of death : " Man makes a death which nature never made, Then on the point of his own fancy falls." Desires increasing with age — " Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines." The bride... | |
 | 1838 - 332 páginas
...of a winter's eve, The terrors of the living, not the dead. Imagination's fool, and error's wretch, Man makes a death, which nature never made; Then on...And feels a thousand deaths, in fearing one. YOUNG. WILLIAM TELL IN THE FIELD OF GBUTU. Tell. YE crags and peaks, I'm with you once again! I hold lo you... | |
 | Edward Young - 1839 - 300 páginas
...of a winter's eve, The terrors of the living, not the dead. Imagination's fool, and error's wretch, Man makes a death which nature never made ; Then on...falls, And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one. But were death frightful, what has age to fear If prudent; age should meet the friendly foe, And shelter... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - 1840 - 328 páginas
...of a Winter's eve, The terrors of the living, not the dead. Imagination's fool, and error's wretch, Man makes a death, which Nature never made ; Then,...falls, And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one." — Night IV. A late popular writer observes, that, " In the whole course of our observation, there... | |
 | 1842 - 1008 páginas
...rivers wind, And though immerged in earth from human eyes, Again break forth, and more conspicuous rise. Man makes a death which nature never made; Then on the point of his own fancy falls, And fuels a thousand deaths in fearing one.— Youxc. HISTORICAL NOTICE OF THE ' Rational Anthem, GOD SAVE... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 páginas
...not the dead. Imagination's fool, and Error's wretch, Man makes a death which Nature never made : 15 Then on the point of his own fancy falls, And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one. But were Death frightful, what has age to fear ? If prudent, age should meet the friendly foe, And... | |
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