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" Of still and serious thought went round, It seemed as if he drank it up, He felt with spirit so profound.' " This was the way in which Wordsworth paid his tribute to a '"Soul of God's best earthly mould.' " The sweet voice left a trance-like silence after... "
Over the Teacups (Volume 4) - Page 49
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Night Thoughts

Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...the dreadful tidings in the blow. 220 Is this the flight of fancy? Would it were! Heav'n's sov'reign saves all beings, but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart. Fir'd is the Muse ? And let the Muse be fir'd : Who, not inflam'd when what he speaks he feels, 225...
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Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...near, And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow. Is this the flight of fancy? Would it were ! Heav'n's Sovereign saves all beings, but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart. Fir'd is the muse ? And let the muse be fir'd ; Who not inflam'd, when what he speaks, he feels And...
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Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1802 - 412 pages
...And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow. Is this the flight of fancy ? Would it were ! Heav'n's Sovereign saves all beings, but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart. Fir'd is the muse ? And let the muse be fir'd : Who not inflam'd, when what he speaks, he feels And...
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The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts, Volume 2

Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow. Is this the flight of fancy ? Would it were ! Heav'n's Sovereign saVes all beings, but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart. Fir'd is the muse ? And let the muse be fir'd: Who not inflam'd, when what he speaks, he feels And...
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The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts, Volume 2

Edward Young - 1802 - 402 pages
...And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow. Is this the flight of fancy ? Would it were ! Heav'n's Sovereign saves all beings, but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart. Fir'd is the muse ? And let the muse be fir'd : Who not inflam'd, when what he speaks, he feels, And...
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An Appeal to Matter of Fact and Common Sense, Or, A Rational Demonstration ...

John Fletcher - 1804 - 248 pages
...ye stars! And thou pale moon ! turn paler at the sound, Man is to man the sorest, surest ill Heav'ns Sovereign saves all beings, but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart. .-> YOVKC against arguments and entreaties ; calls huguenots, infidels, papists, or heretics, all who...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Young: With the Life of ..., Volume 1

Edward Young - 1805 - 238 pages
...And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow. Is this the flight of fancy ? Would it were 1 Heav'n's Sovereign saves all beings, but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart Fir'd is the Muse ? And let the Muse be fir'd; Who not inflam'd, when what he speaks, he feels, And...
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The Poetical Works of Edward Young: In Four Volumes. Collated with the Best ...

Edward Young, Thomas Park - 1808 - 336 pages
...when near, And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow. Is this the flight of Fancy ? would it were ! Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings, but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart. Fir'd is the Muse ? and let the Muse be fiVd : Who not inflam'd when what he speaks be feels, And in...
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Watts, A. Philips, West, Collins, Dyer, Shenstone, Young

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pages
...when near, And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow. Is this the Right of fancy ? Would it were ! Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings, but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart. Fir'd is the Muse ? And let the .Muse be fir'd : Who not iuflam'd, when what he speaks, he feels, And...
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Hindu Infanticide. An Account of the Measures Adopted for Suppressing the ...

Edward Moor - 1811 - 352 pages
...not ye stars I And thou, pale Moon ! turn paler at the sound—) MAN IS TO MAX THE SOREST, SUREST ILL Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings but himself That hideous sight, a naked human heart. YOUNG. Nor among the unhappy causes of the increase of human misery, whatever it may ultimately lead...
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