 To be no more. Sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, Devoid of sense and motion?  The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Page 316edited by - 1809Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1829 - 426 pages
...exasperate The almighty Victor to spend all his rnge, And that must end us: that must he our cure, To he no more. Sad cure! for who would lose Though full of pain, this intellectual heing, 'lTiose thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost -fn the... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 306 pages
...exasperate The Almighty Victor to spend all his rage, And that must end us ; that must be our cure, 149 To be no more. Sad cure ! for who would lose, Though...thoughts that wander through eternity To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wido womb of uncreated night, 154 Devoid of sense and motion ? And wrTo... | |
 | Egerton Smith - 1831 - 656 pages
...Still I did not absolutely despair, so true it is that "Hope springs eternal in the human breast:" • For who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual...thoughts that wander through eternity ; To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide tomb of uncreated night?" I clung to the forlorn hope that I might... | |
 | 1825 - 498 pages
...proudest spirit ; and life, upon almost any terms, may appear preferable to immediate dissolution. - " For who would lose "Though full of pain, this intellectual...being, " Those thoughts that wander through eternity ?" But, for objects that are viewed in prospective distance, we have different and more reasoning eyes... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 290 pages
...exasperate The Almighty Victor to spend all his rage, And that must end us ; that must he our cure, To he no more. Sad cure ! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual heing, Those thoughts that wander tbrough eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...exasperate The' Almighty Yictor to spend all his rage, And that must end us ; that must be our cure To be no more. Sad cure ! for who would lose, Though...thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion ? And who knows,... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...exasperate Th' almighty Victor to spend all his rage, And that must end us, that must be our cure, 145 To be no more : sad cure ; for who would lose, Though...thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, iso Devoid of sense and motion ? and who... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 pages
...exasperate 25 Th' almighty Victor to spend all his rage, And that must end us, that must be our cure, To be no more: sad cure; for who would lose, Though...being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, 30 To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...exasperate Th' almighty Victor to spend all his rage, And that must end us , that must be our cure, 145 To be no more. Sad cure! for who would lose, Though...thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, 150 Devoid of sense and motion ? And who... | |
 | 1847 - 600 pages
...fallen spirit, in the realm of hopeless misery — " And that must end us ; that must be our cure, To be no more ! Sad cure ! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, These thoughts that wander through eternity." Blessed be God ! there is another and a better way of... | |
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