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The Complaint: Or, Night-thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality: To which ... - Page 17
by Edward Young - 1775 - 388 pages
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The Speaker, Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1805 - 456 pages
...hearts the fudden dreAd; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon clofe; where pafs'd ;he fhaft, no trace is found. As from the wing no fear...wave no furrow from the keel, So dies in human hearts die thought of death* Ev'n with the tender tear which nature fbeds O'er thofe we love, we drop it in...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1805 - 288 pages
...hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon.clofe ; where, paft the ihaft, no trace is found. As from die wing no fear the fky retains ; The parted wave no...keel ; So dies in human hearts the thought of death. Ev'n with the tender tear which Nature flieds O'er thofe we love; we drop it in their grave. V SECTION...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Young: With the Life of ..., Volume 1

Edward Young - 1805 - 238 pages
...wounded air, Soon close ; where past the shaft no trace is found, • ' As from the wing no scar the sky retains, The parted wave no furrow from the keel, | So dies in human hearts the thought of death. E'en with the tender tear which Nature sheds O'er those we love, we drop it in their grave. Can I forget...
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The Complaint, Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1805 - 284 pages
...wounded air, Soon close; where past the shaft, no trace is found. As from the wing no scar the sky retains, The parted wave no furrow from the keel; So dies in human hearts the tho't of death. Ev'n with the tender tear which nature sheds O'er those we love, we drop it in their...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...wounded air, Soon close ; where past the shaft, no trace is found,, As from the wing no scar the sky retains ! The parted wave no furrow from the keel ; So dies in human hearts the thought of death. Ev'n with the tender tear which nature sheds O'er those we lave, we drop it in their grave. YQUNO,...
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The Poetical Works of Edward Young: In Four Volumes. Collated with the Best ...

Edward Young, Thomas Park - 1808 - 336 pages
...wounded air, Soon close ; where past the shaft no trace itfaund As from the wing no scar the sky retain*, The parted wave no furrow from the keel, So dies in human hearts the thought of death . Ev'n with the tender tear which Nature sheds O'er those we love, we drop it in tlieir grave. Can...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...wounded air, 8oonclose,whcrc pass'd theshaft, no trace is found: As, from the wing no scar the sky h, or soar in fame? Earth's highest station : Ev'n with the lender tear which nature sheds O'er those we love, we drop it in their grave. Can I...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...the wounded air, Soon close; where past the shaft no trace is found As from the wing no scar the sky retains, The parted wave no furrow from the keel, So dies in human hearts the thought of death : Ev'n with the tender tear which Nature sheds O'er those we love, we drop it in their grave. Can I...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...wounded air, Soon close ; where, past the shaft, no trace is found, As from the wing no scar the sky retains ; The parted wave no furrow from the keel ; So dies in human hearts the thought of death. Ev'n with the tender tear which nature sheds O'er those we love, we drop it in their grave. rovnc....
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Night Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality

Edward Young - 1810 - 278 pages
...the wounded air, Soon dose ; where past the shaft no trace is found, As from the wing no scar the sky retains, The parted wave no furrow from the keel, So dies in human hearts the thought of deuth. E'en with the tender tear, which Nature sheds O'er those we love, we drop it in their grave....
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