 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 makes a death, which nature...  The Poetical Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Young: With the Life of the Author - Seite 75von Edward Young - 1805Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1815 - 1008 Seiten
...knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave ; " The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm ; " These are the bug-bears of a winter's eve, *' The terrors of the living, not the dead. From this the writer runs wild, and continues, with very slight and transient lucid intervals, to the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 540 Seiten
...Thefe are the bugbears of a winter's e»e, The terrors. of the living, not the dead, Jmaginaliai's fool, and error's wretch, Man makes a death, which nature never made ; 15 Then on the point of hie own fancy falls ; And feels a thoufand deaths, in fearing one. But were... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 Seiten
...[worm ; l"he terrors of the living, not the dead. Pagination's fool, and error's wretch, Man iu.ii.r-; re our death. ; \nd feels a thousand deaths, in fearing one. § 173. Death desirable to the Aged. JUT was death frightful,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1810 - 278 Seiten
...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...falls, And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one. I scarce can meet a monument but holds My younger ; ev'ry date cries — " Come away." And what recalls... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 Seiten
...bugbears of a winter's eve, The terrours of the living, not the dead. Imagination's fool, and erreur1» wretch, Man makes a death, which Nature never made...fearing one. But were death frightful, what has age to ffar ? If prudent, age should meet the friendly foe, And shelter in his hospitable gloom. I scarce... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 558 Seiten
...winter's eve, The terrours of the living, not the dead. Imagination's fool, and errour's wretch, Man make. a death, which Nature never made; Then on the point of his own t;niey falls ; And feels a thousand deaths, m fearing one. But were death frightful, what has age to... | |
 | Edward Young - 1811 - 302 Seiten
...The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave ; The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm 5 These are the bugbears of a winter's eve, The terrors...Imagination's fool, and error's wretch, Man makes ?, death, which nature never made ; Then on the point of his own fancy falls ; And feels a thousand... | |
 | Edward Young - 1812 - 288 Seiten
...vault, the darknefs, and the worm.} Thefe are the bugbears of a winter's eve, The terrors of the Jiving, not the dead. Imagination's fool, and error's wretch,...never made; Then on the point of his own fancy falls ; And_:fegU a thpufand_deatbs, in fearing one. "BuTwere deatn IrlghttuT, wKafriasage to fear ? If prudent,... | |
 | Granville Penn - 1812 - 332 Seiten
...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 lining, not the dead. — Man makes a death, which Nature never made ; Then on the point of his own... | |
 | Edward Young - 1815 - 332 Seiten
...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...one. But were death frightful, what has age to fear 1 If prudent, age should meet the friendly foe, A.nd shelter in his hospitable gloom. I scarce can... | |
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