The age, a poem, moral, political and metaphysicalVernor, 1810 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 34
Page vii
... darkness of guilt meets his observation . His work is one of the most precious relics that has descended to posterity ; for without it , an obscurity had rested upon the manners of the most powerful nation of the earth . Though Horace ...
... darkness of guilt meets his observation . His work is one of the most precious relics that has descended to posterity ; for without it , an obscurity had rested upon the manners of the most powerful nation of the earth . Though Horace ...
Page 3
... dark and deep Which woke them from their rural sleep , Tho ' scarcely to themselves can make Excuse , why they the journey take , Except that sometimes they were taught In cities fortunes may be caught ; Then wonder much thro ' ev'ry ...
... dark and deep Which woke them from their rural sleep , Tho ' scarcely to themselves can make Excuse , why they the journey take , Except that sometimes they were taught In cities fortunes may be caught ; Then wonder much thro ' ev'ry ...
Page 18
... darkness , and might spare Unto his offspring watchful care : The tempting coffer to protect 490 500 Our vices we around collect ; With vet'rans such , can heav'n agree In guardian unanimity ? $ 10 The birth of a supposed virtue . For ...
... darkness , and might spare Unto his offspring watchful care : The tempting coffer to protect 490 500 Our vices we around collect ; With vet'rans such , can heav'n agree In guardian unanimity ? $ 10 The birth of a supposed virtue . For ...
Page 50
... dark , in days of yore , Push'd far the other from the door ; But now an invitation sends , And Cupid ranks in Mammon's friends . Say why of poverty complain And all its consequence of pain ; Are no enquiries softly made For vet'rans of ...
... dark , in days of yore , Push'd far the other from the door ; But now an invitation sends , And Cupid ranks in Mammon's friends . Say why of poverty complain And all its consequence of pain ; Are no enquiries softly made For vet'rans of ...
Page 56
... wrecks of former ages ; nor can he be supposed to glance at those illustrious personages , who gild the darkness of these days with the reflections of classic antiquity . As Virtuosi . These ever hunt for musty volumes , 56 THE AGE .
... wrecks of former ages ; nor can he be supposed to glance at those illustrious personages , who gild the darkness of these days with the reflections of classic antiquity . As Virtuosi . These ever hunt for musty volumes , 56 THE AGE .
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afar Anabaptists appears Barratry bear beneath blest bosom brain breast call'd cast church chuse Contriv'd crowd crown cruel curious dark death Deist diff'rent divine e'er ears Edward the Confessor effect England ev'n ev'ry existence fame fancy fate feel fill'd fire flies forc'd gain genius giv'n glow head heart heav'n Historical sketches hold hour HOUSE OF PEERS Hudibras human intent King light look mind minister mitres Muggletonians mysterious nation nature ne'er necromancy never night novel o'er Octavo OVID p'rhaps painting passion peep physiognomy plac'd poet politic pow'r pray'r Quakers rest roam romance round saint scarce scenes sect seek seem'd shed shew sight sleep soul strain surely taste tears tell thence thing thought thro thro'out TIBULLUS tongue torment tribes twas twill utmost vex'd vext vice virtue whence Whene'er wild
Popular passages
Page 199 - Where-e'er you tread, your foot shall set The primrose and the violet ; All spices, perfumes, and sweet powders, Shall borrow from your breath their odours ; Nature her charter shall renew, And take all lives of things from you ; The world depend upon your eye, And when you frown upon it die : Only our loves shall survive, New worlds and natures to out-live ; And like to heralds moons remain, All crescents, without change or wane.
Page 190 - Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
Page 268 - Tis the temptation of the devil That makes all human actions evil : For Saints may do the same things by The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the Saints and Wicked vary.
Page 250 - At once as far as angels ken he views The dismal situation waste and wild A dungeon horrible, on all sides round As one great furnace flamed, yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; but torture without...
Page 250 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 198 - The sun and day shall sooner part, Than love or you shake off my heart ; The sun, that shall no more dispense His own, but your bright influence. I'll carve your name on barks of trees...
Page 198 - Quoth he, My faith, as adamantine, As chains of destiny, I'll maintain ; True as Apollo ever spoke, Or oracle from heart of oak ; And if you'll give my flame but vent, Now in close hugger-mugger pent, And shine upon me but benignly, With that one, and that other pigsney...
Page 190 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Page 231 - Of vermin did at first proceed. So e're the storm of war broke out, Religion spawn'da various rout Of petulant Capricious sects, The maggots of corrupted texts, That first run all religion down, And after ev'ry swarm its own. For as the Persian {h} Magi once Upon their mothers got their sons, That were incapable t...
Page 125 - Great and high, The world knows only two, that's Rome and I. My roof receives me not ; 'tis air I tread ; And, at each step, I feel my advanced head Knock out a star in heaven...