 Life's little stage is a small eminence, Inch high the grave above, that home of man, Where dwells the multitude: we gaze around ; We read their monuments ; we sigh ; and while We sigh we sink ; and are what we deplored : Lamenting or lamented all our...  Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality - Page 22by Edward Young - 1816 - 268 pagesFull view - About this book
 | General reader - 1827 - 246 pages
...manner. — Dillwyn. LIFE— ja^-^ff^fiSG NATURE. — r.ne"STutle stage is a small eminence, Inch high the grave above; that home of man, Where dwells the...sigh; and while We sigh, we sink; and are what we deplor'd; Lamenting, or lamented, all our lot ! — Young. Those who submit to the control of human... | |
 | 1827 - 396 pages
...Late Pastor of the RD Church at Montgomery ; JY". Y. Where dwells the multitude ; we gazejaruund ; We read their monuments ; we sigh, and while We sigh,...we sink ; and are what we deplored : lamenting, or lameoled — all our lot !" — YOUNG. Were a man's usefulness, as a christian, and a citizen, to be... | |
 | 1828 - 488 pages
...mouldering dead, such as the great abilities of the statesman, or achievements of the martial hero. * We read their monuments — we sigh — and while...we deplored : Lamenting or lamented all our lot." Spelman says, " Much more joyous was the ceremony of sepulture among the Anglo-Saxons than that of... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 856 pages
...a dispute raised upon a man's saying another is what he plainly takes pains to be thought. Steele. We gaze around ; We read their monuments, we sigh ; and while We sieh we sink ; and are what we deplored : Lamenting or lamented all our lot ! Young. But he, who through... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...wraps our thought, at banquets, in the shroud t Life's little stage is a small eminence, Inch-high the grave above ; that home of man, Where dwells the...sigh ; and while We sigh, we sink ; and are what we deplor*d ; Lamenting, or lamented, all our lot I Is Death at distance ? No ; he has been on f hoe,... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1830 - 402 pages
...antiquity, and prevails almost universally among, the followers of Mahomet. INTERMENTS AND CHURCH- YARDS. " We read their monuments — we sigh— and while We...we deplored: Lamenting, or lamented all our lot." Agreeably to the Old Roman Law of the Twelve Tables, theplaces of inhumation of the ancients, were... | |
 | Edward Young - 1834 - 370 pages
...around ; We read their monuments ; we sigh ; and while We sigh, we sink ; and are what we deplor'd ; Lamenting, or lamented, all our lot ! Is death at...giv'n sure earnest of his final blow. Those hours that lately smil'd, where are they now ? Pallid to thought, and ghastly ! drown'd, all drown'd In that... | |
 | Edward Young - 1837 - 310 pages
...wraps our thoughts at banquets in the shroud. Life's little stage is a small eminence, 360 Inch high the grave above, that home of man, Where dwells the...what we deplored : Lamenting or lamented all our lot ! 365 is Death at distance ? No ; he has been on thte, And given sure earnest of his final blow. Those... | |
 | Edward Young - 1839 - 324 pages
...And wraps our thought, at banquets, in the shroud Life's little stage is a small eminence, Inch-high the grave above ; that home of man. Where dwells the...death at distance ? No : he has been on thee ; And giv'a sure earnest of his final blow. Those hours which lately smiled, where are the; now ? Pallid... | |
 | Edward Young - 1839 - 300 pages
...And wraps our thought, at banquets, in the shroud. Life's little stage is a small eminence, Inch-high the grave above; that home of man, Where dwells the...Is death at distance? No: he has been on thee; And given sure earnest of his final blow. Those hours which lately smiled, where are they now ? Pallid... | |
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