 | John Bell - 1799 - 402 էջ
...debt, 1 think it mercy if thou wilt forget. DEATH ! be not proud, tho' some have called thee Mighly and dreadful, for thou art not so ; For those whom...but thy picture be, Much pleasure, then from thee tm:ch more must flow; And soonest our best men with thee do go, Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 էջ
...black memory : That tliun remember them, some claim as debt; 1 think it mercy, if thou wilt forget. X. DEATH, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so ; I'or those, whom thou Ihink'st thou dost overthrow, Die not, poor death ; nor yet canst < lion kill... | |
 | 1833 - 240 էջ
...lies, whose songs did some time grace The murmuring Esk : may roses shade the place ! 107 JOHN DONNE. DEATH, be not proud, though some have called thee...canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure ; then from thee much more must flow : And soonest our best men with thee... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1833 - 246 էջ
...child! Remember," he added, closing the door, " remember,—one month, and Hugh Dalton!" CHAPTER II. * Death ! be not proud, though some have called thee...art not so ; For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthow, Die not, poor Death ' Wby swell'st thou, then ? one short sleep past, we wake eternally;... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1833 - 420 էջ
...that, would be as honest a one as the best." He paused ; the Baronet groaned audibly. CHAPTER II. - Death! be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so ; Fnr those whom thou think'st thou dost overthow, Die not, poor Death — Why swell's! thou, then... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1834 - 408 էջ
...thought on Death is not unworthy of the bard who knelt at " the footstool of the Ancient of Days." Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty...thou kill me ; From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow ; And soonest our best men with thee... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1834 - 478 էջ
...overthrow, Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me ; From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must...best men with thee do go, Rest of their bones, and souls' delivery. Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war,... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - 1836 - 436 էջ
...ground, Teach me how to repent ; for that 's as good As if thou hadst sealed my pardon with thy blood. V. DEATH, be not proud, though some have called thee...thou kill me : From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure, then from thee much more, must And soonest our best men with thee do go,... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 442 էջ
...ground, Teach me how to repent ; for that 's as good As if thou hadst sealed my pardon with thy blood. V. DEATH, be not proud, though some have called thee...thou kill me : From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure, then* from thee much more, must flow, And soonest our best men with thee... | |
 | 1837 - 646 էջ
...conclusion, is unrivalled in our poetry. It is upon Death : From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure, then from thee much more, must...best men with thee do go, Rest of their bones and souls' delivery. Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war,... | |
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DEATH, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow Die not, poor Death: nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy picture be, Much pleasure;... 
