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" Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in, " Here he lies :" And " Dust to dust "
The Complaint, Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality - Page 59
by Edward Young - 1805 - 258 pages
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Night Thoughts

Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...95 Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour? What, though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame, Earth's...:" And " Dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. 100 If this song lives, posterity shall know One (though in Britain born, with courtiers bred) Who...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...of approbation so swelled beyond their real bulk, they will hardly shut. What What though we vrade in wealth, or soar in fame » Earth's highest station ends in Here hi lies! And dust it dust concludes her noblest song. The author of these lines is not without his...
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The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts, Volume 2

Edward Young - English literature - 1802 - 402 pages
...Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest...song. If this song lives, posterity shall know One, tho' in Britain born, with courtiers bred, Who thought ev'n gold might come a day too late; Nor on...
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Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - English poetry - 1802 - 412 pages
...Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest...song. If this song lives, posterity shall know One, tho' in Britain born, with courtiers bred, y Who thought ev'n gold might come a day too late ; Nor...
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Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest...:" And " dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. Jf this song lives, posterity shall know One, tho' in Britain born, with courtiers bred, Who thought...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...those notes of approbation so swelled beyond their real bulk, that they will hardly shut. • What What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ! Earth's highest station ends in Here fie /;'«/ And dust la rfW Concludes her noblest song. The author of these lines is not without his...
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The Poetical Works of Edward Young: In Four Volumes. Collated with the Best ...

Edward Young, Thomas Park - 1808 - 336 pages
...wiles, Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's...in Britain born, with courtiers bred, Who thought ev'n gold might come a day too late, Nor on his subtle death-bed plann'd his scheme For future vacancies...
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Seven Sermons and a Prayer: Preached at the Meetings of the Religious ...

William Savery - Sermons, American - 1808 - 128 pages
...the Son of man cometh ;" thy days here may be few ; " dust thou art, and to dust thou shaft return." Earth's highest station ends in, " here he lies :" And, " dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. SERMON VII. MY. religion teaches me this — and it is die grand ruling and fundamental point upon...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour? Whit, tho' eriors of ..the stall ; Thro' tvcry scene of sense...and ever full, and uBitnbittcr'd With doubts, fea tho' in Britain born, with courtiers bred, Who thought even geld might come a day too l»te; *oi on...
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An Essay on the identity and general resurrection of the human body, etc

Samuel Drew - Resurrection - 1809 - 488 pages
...grave." Our continuance, in the midst of all that which the body can enjoy, is but momentary ; even " earth's highest station ends in here he lies, and dust to dust concludes our noblest song." The swift approach of death casts a damp upon our most sanguine expectations ; the...
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