 TIK'D nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where fortune smiles; the wretched he forsakes; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unsullied with a tear. From short (as usual) and disturb'd...  Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality - Page 1by Edward Young - 1816 - 268 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Young - 1756 - 430 pages
...Woe^ -. And lights on Lids unfully'd with a Tear. From Ihort (as ufual) and difturb'd Repofe, - » . ; I wake : How happy they who wake no more ! . Yet that were vain, if Dreams infeft the Grave. I wake, emerging from a Sea of Dr-v.ms Tumultuous ; where my wfeck'd defponding Thought^... | |
 | Edward Young - 1762 - 292 pages
...flies from woe, And lights on lids unfully'd with a tear. From mort (as ufual) and difturb'd repofe, I wake: How happy they, who wake no more ! Yet that were vain, if dreams i'nfeft the grave. 82 I wake, I wake, emerging from a fea of dreams Tumultuous ; where my wreck 'd... | |
 | Edward Young - 1771 - 282 pages
...from wue, And lights on lids unfully'd with a tear. . From fhort, (as ufual) and difturb'd repofe, I wake : 'How happy they who wake no more ! Yet that were vain, if dreams infeft the grave. I wake emerging from a fea of dreams Tumultoous ; where my wreck'd defponding thought... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 288 pages
...from woe, I And lights on lids unfullied with a tear. 5 From fhort (as ufual) and difturb'd repofe, I wake : How happy they, who wake no more ! Yet that were vain, if dreams infcft the grave. I wake, emerging from a fca of dreams Tumultuous ; where my wreck'd defponding thought,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 858 pages
...woe, And lights on lids unfullied with a tear. 5 From ihort (as ufual) and difturb'd repofe, I wakei How happy they, who wake no more ! Yet that were vain, if dreams infeft the grave. I wake, emerging from i a fea of dreams Tumultuous; where my wreck'd delponding thought,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 280 pages
...flies from woe, And lights on lids unlullied with a tear. c From fhort (as ufual) and difturb'd repofe, I wake : How happy they, who wake no more ! Yet that were vain, if dreams infeft the grave. I wake, emerging from a fea of dreams Tumultuous ; where my wreck'd defponding thought,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1792 - 354 pages
...flies from woe, And lights on lids unfully'd with a tear. From fhort (as ufual) and difturb'd repofe, I wake : How happy they, who wake no more ! Yet that were vain, if dreams infeft the grave. VOL. II. OI wake, I wake, emerging from a fe'a of dreams Tumultuous ; where my wreck'd... | |
 | 1802 - 596 pages
...inconceivable to those who are strangers to nervous depressions : From short (as usual) and distiirb'd repose I wake : How happy they who wake no more! Yet that...emerging from a sea of dreams Tumultuous; where my wieck'd, desponding thought From wave to wave of fjnrfd misery, At random drove, her helm of reason... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 470 pages
...wo, From short (as usual) and disturb'd repose I wake : liow happy 1'iey who wake no more ! Yet t!iat were vain, if dreams infest the grave. I wake, emerging...where my wreck'd desponding thought From wave to wave oFfancy'd misery If At random drove, her helm of reason lost. Tlio' now restor'd, 'tis only change... | |
 | Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...flies from woe, And lights on lids unsully'd with a tear. 5 From short (as usual) and disturb'd repose I wake — How happy they, who wake no more ! Yet that were vain, if dreams infest the grave. 1 wake, emerging from a sea of dreams Tumultuous; where my wreck'd desponding thought, From wave to... | |
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