 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
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 308 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...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. ttemity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! 4 'Through what Variety of uptry'd being, Thro" what new... | |
 | James Lackington - Booksellers and bookselling - 1808 - 200 pages
...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...to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! ADUTSON'S CATO. . It is not my design to adduce the proofs of those doctrines that I have again heartily... | |
 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...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...hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thon pleasing, dreadful thonght ! " Throcgh what variety of untry'd heing, Throngh what new scenes... | |
 | George Farquhar - Authors, English - 1808 - 338 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,... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horroty ©f 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,... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 446 pages
...immortality i 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,... | |
 | Young lady - Psychology - 1809 - 204 pages
...Back on herself, and startles at destruction ! JTis the divinity that stirs within us: 'Tis Heav'n itself that points out an hereafter. And intimates...pleasing — dreadful thought! Through what variety of untry'd being. Through what new scenes and changes must we pas*. The wide, th' unbounded prospect lies... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 't is the divinity that stirs within us ; 'tis Heav'n itself that points out an hereafter, and intimates...pleasing, dreadful thought! Through what variety of untry'd being, through what new scenes and changes must we pass? the wide, the unbounded, prospect... | |
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