Pessimus: a Poem in Prose, and a ParadoxT.G. Shrimpton, 1865 - 62 páginas |
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Pessimus: A Poem in Prose, and a Paradox, by Young England Frederick William Orde Ward Pré-visualização indisponível - 2016 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
accusing appeared armed awful battle beautiful became beneath bitter blessing born bound called cloud confusion curse Dæmon dark Death deep DESIRE despair Destiny divine dream dying ears earth echo equally eternal existence eyes face fair fall fear feeling feet fell fire flow flying foot force friends furies future give ground hand head heart heaven hope human immediately immortal infinite land less light living looked mighty mind misery mountain moved mysterious Nature never night oceans once paradox passed Pessimus philosophy poem powers present pursued rising ruin seemed shadow Shelley silence sister sleep society sorrow soul sound space spirit step storm strife sublime sweet tears things thought trembling true truth turn tyranny universal vast vision voice waters whispered whole wild wind wings
Passagens conhecidas
Página viii - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof : an image was before mine eyes ; there was silence, and I heard a voice...
Página 26 - GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak: and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew : as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass.
Página ii - And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
Página 23 - Midst others of less note, came one frail form, — A phantom among men ; companionless As the last cloud of an expiring storm Whose thunder is its knell...
Página viii - FEAR CAME UPON ME, AND TREMBLING WHICH MADE ALL MY BONES TO SHAKE. THEN A SPIRIT PASSED BEFORE MY FACE, AND THE HAIR OF MY FLESH STOOD UP. IT STOOD STILL ; BUT I COULD NOT DISCERN THE FORM THEREOF ; AN IMAGE WAS BEFORE MINE EYES; THERE WAS SILENCE ; AND I HEARD A VOICE.
Página iii - I will be wise, And just, and free, and mild, if in me lies Such power, for I grow weary to behold The selfish...
Página 45 - And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night : for upon all the glory shall be a defence. And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Página i - The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters : but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. And behold at eveningtide trouble ; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Página 24 - The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.