O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched... Poems - Page 101by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
| Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...happily strike out his teeth. 9370 The History of the World O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! ... 6569 In creating, the only hard thing's to begin; A grass-blade's no easier to make t ambitlon of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hicjacet [Here lies). 9371 'As... | |
| Quotations - 2001 - 838 pages
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| William James Bouwsma - History - 2002 - 328 pages
...and despised: thou hast drawne together all the farre stretched greatness, all the pride, crueltie, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie iacet* Religious leaders, of course, emphasized the omnipresence of death. For Berulle, "the world... | |
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