 | 1800 - 322 sivua
...inward horror Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven...that points out an hereafter. And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! Through what variety of untry'd being,' Through... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 320 sivua
...horror, Of falling into nor-ght; Why shrinks the soul B ick on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven...that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! ' Through what variety of untry' d !): ing, Thro'... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 304 sivua
...horror, Of falling into noight? Why shrinks the soul B ick on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; "Tis Heaven...that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity '. thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! ' Through what variety of untry'd being, Thro'... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1803 - 614 sivua
...pieces, even to the present day, abound with verses of % simple redundant syllable: thus Addison — • 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us, Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter.' So, frequently, in our didactic poems, even when subject to the control of rhyme, as in the following... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 946 sivua
...horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; Tis Heaven...that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried heinc, Through... | |
 | 1806 - 330 sivua
...horror Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction f 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, A And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! Through what variety of... | |
 | John Stirling - 1806 - 118 sivua
...naught ? Why fhrinks the foul Back on herfelf, and ftartles at deftru&ion ? *Tis the divinity that ftirs within us ,'Tis Heaven itself, that points out an Hereafter •» And intimates Eternity to man. Eternity/ thou pleafing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through... | |
 | James Lackington - 1808 - 200 sivua
...times without number, when alone : -Why shrinks the soul Back on herself and startles at destruction i 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us : 'Tis heaven...that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! ADUTSON'S CATO. . It is not my design to adduce... | |
 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 sivua
...horror. Of falling into nought? why shrinks the sonl Back on herself, and startles at destruction? Tig the divinity that stirs within us; Tis Heaven itself...that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thon pleasing, dreadful thonght ! " Throcgh what variety of untry'd heing, Throngh... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 sivua
...excludes pomp, will admit greatness. Many lines in Cato's soliloquy are at once easy and sublime :. Tis the divinity that stirs -within us ; Tis Heaven...that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. - If there's a power above u», And that there is all nature cries aloud Thro' all her works,... | |
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Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. 
