 Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful, thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass...  New Elocution and Voice Culture - Página 58por Robert Kidd - 1857 - 504 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Nicholls - 1820 - 428 páginas
...to assume a new form. The human mind trembles at the contemplation of these probable events : — " Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ? The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before us, But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it," The changes... | |
 | John Nicholls - 1822 - 442 páginas
...assume a new form. 239 The human mind trembles at the contemplation of these probable events : — " Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ? The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before us, But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it." The changes... | |
 | 1854 - 1112 páginas
...longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within ua ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man." The soul he regarded... | |
 | 1823 - 392 páginas
...longing after immortality ; Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...what new scenes and changes must we pass ? The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 páginas
...206.] FIRST CLASS BOOK. 469 Or, whence this secret dread and inward horrour, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me : But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 924 páginas
...longing after immortality ; Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...what new scenes and changes must we pass ? The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me ; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will... | |
 | 1822 - 500 páginas
...It must be ! Else whence this secret dread, and inward horror Of falling into nought i Why sluinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction...out an hereafter ; And intimates Eternity to man." Corresponding to this dread of annihilation, is the desire after immortality. But here the objection... | |
 | Spectator The - 1823 - 352 páginas
...horror, Of falling into- naught? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? "I'is the Divinity that stirs within us ; "Tis. heaven itself...pleasing, dreadful thought ! ' Through what variety of nntry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass f The wide, Hi' unbounded prospect... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 286 páginas
...Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! And intimates eternity to man. Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we...me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, (And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 582 páginas
...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...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. If there's a power above us, And that there is all nature cries aloud Thro' all her works, he must... | |
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