Elegant Extracts: A Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and Entertaining Passages, from the Most Eminent Poets. : Volume I[-VI] ...Kirk & Mercein, 22, Wall-Street., 1817 - English poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 95
Page 11
... o'er , A boundless sea of bliss that knows no shore . Nor sense can two prime origins conceive , Nor reason two eternal Gods believe : Could the wild Manichæan own that guide , The good would triumph , and the ill subside ; Again would ...
... o'er , A boundless sea of bliss that knows no shore . Nor sense can two prime origins conceive , Nor reason two eternal Gods believe : Could the wild Manichæan own that guide , The good would triumph , and the ill subside ; Again would ...
Page 16
... o'er the world prevail , And unrewarded virtue toil - to fail ! The moral world a second chaos lie , And nature sicken to the thoughtful eye . Even the weak embryo , ere to life it breaks , From his high pow'r its slender texture takes ...
... o'er the world prevail , And unrewarded virtue toil - to fail ! The moral world a second chaos lie , And nature sicken to the thoughtful eye . Even the weak embryo , ere to life it breaks , From his high pow'r its slender texture takes ...
Page 19
... o'er th'immense his line he drew , When Nothing from his word existence knew ; His word , that wak'd to life the vast profound , While conscious light was kindled at the sound ; Creation fair surpris'd th ' angelic eyes , And sov'reign ...
... o'er th'immense his line he drew , When Nothing from his word existence knew ; His word , that wak'd to life the vast profound , While conscious light was kindled at the sound ; Creation fair surpris'd th ' angelic eyes , And sov'reign ...
Page 20
... the rude rock that threatens o'er the flood ; And say , are these the wild effects of chance ? Oh , strange effect of reas'ning ignorance ! Nor pow'r alone confess'd in grandeur lies , The glittering 20 BOOK 1 : ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
... the rude rock that threatens o'er the flood ; And say , are these the wild effects of chance ? Oh , strange effect of reas'ning ignorance ! Nor pow'r alone confess'd in grandeur lies , The glittering 20 BOOK 1 : ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
Page 22
... o'er the land thy sword vindictive pass'd , And men and infants breath'd at once their last , How did thy arm thy favour'd tribes convey ! Thy light conducting point the patent way ! Obedient ocean to their march divide The wat'ry wall ...
... o'er the land thy sword vindictive pass'd , And men and infants breath'd at once their last , How did thy arm thy favour'd tribes convey ! Thy light conducting point the patent way ! Obedient ocean to their march divide The wat'ry wall ...
Other editions - View all
Elegant Extracts: Being a Copious Selection of Instructive Moral and ... Vicesimus Knox No preview available - 2019 |
Elegant Extracts: A Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and ... Vicesimus Knox No preview available - 2019 |
Common terms and phrases
adore Almighty angels beam behold beneath bids birth bless bless'd bliss boundless breast breath bright brute celestial cloud dark death deep divine doth dread dust earth eternal ev'n ev'ry exalted fair fate fear fire fix'd flame glorious glory grave happy hast heart Heav'n heavenly hope human immortal Justice King light Lord lyre Manichæan mercy mind monsters drink mortal Muse nature Nature's ne'er night nought o'er Omnipotence pain peace poison'd pow'r praise pride rage reason reigns rise rising universe roll round ruling angels sacred sapience SATIRE OF JUVENAL scene seraph shade shalt shine sight silver plumes sing skies smiles Soame Jenyns song soul springs stream sweet tempest thee thine thou thought throne Thy hand toil tongue trembling truth universal store vex'd virtue voice whence wild wings Wisdom wise wretch
Popular passages
Page 239 - 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.
Page 41 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 252 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Page 257 - Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
Page 3 - Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 37 - Vast chain of being! which from God began Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing. On superior...
Page 258 - The march begins, in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes...
Page 143 - These, as they change, Almighty Father, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of thee.
Page 272 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Page 144 - tis nought to me, Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full ; And where He vital breathes there must be joy.