 It must be so — Plato, thou reason'st well ! — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...  Class-book of English poetry - Page 344by English poetry - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 504 pages
...thought." — Thus Cato : Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? ******* Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ? The wide, th' unbounded .prospect lies before me, shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it.* The reasonings... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 532 pages
...horror, Of falling into nought? why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? I 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafteii And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful, thought ! Through what... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1812 - 808 pages
...endings, either with or without rhyme, as in the heroick measure. Tis the divinity that stirs within IM, Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter. And intimates eternity to man. Addison. So in that of eight syllables, They neither added nor confounded, They neither wanted DOT... | |
 | Abner Alden - English language - 1814 - 222 pages
...Or, whence thisrecret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Batk on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eterni ty ! — thoii pleasing— dreadful thought ! Through what new scenes and changes must we pass... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...immortality ? Or, Whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling inlo nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis...within us : *Tis heaven itself that points out an Hereaftef, And intimates Eternity to man. Eternity ! — thou -pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1859 - 602 pages
...horror Of falling into nought 1 Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction 1 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; "Tis Heaven itself that points out a hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? 'Tis...pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide, th' unbounded prospect... | |
 | Thomas Dibdin - English drama - 1815 - 496 pages
...immortality? Or whence this secret dread, and 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 heav'n itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing,... | |
 | Louis-Pierre Siret - English language - 1815 - 198 pages
...¡ntimiuA'eternity to man. Eternity riijeu pleasing , dreadful , thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being , Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide , th'unboiuided prospect , lies before me , \ But shadows , clouds , and darkness , rest upon it. Here... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 484 pages
...excludes pomp, will admit greatness. Many lines in Cafo'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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