 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
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 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 th"at points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! — Thou pleasing,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward honour 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 a hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. ™ Eternity ! thou .pleasing,... | |
 | 1823 - 624 pages
...pursuits in which she has been detained, plunges into the future; and either anxiously inquires, • Through what variety of untried being, through what new scenes and changes must I pass?' — or expatiates on the bright and blissful prospects which revelation offers to the eye... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 286 pages
...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 pass:' The wide, th' unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I... | |
 | British drama - 1824 - 834 pages
...[soul Of falling into nought! Why shrinks the Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis tlie divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself...Through what new scenes and changes, must we pass ? [me : The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it... | |
 | Readers - 1824 - 348 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 ? —...pleasing — dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd beings, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide, th' unbounded prospect... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 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'u itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Mdison's Cato. The soul... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 458 pages
...Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the aivinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Ueav'n itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! them pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes... | |
 | English drama - 1824 - 660 pages
...horror Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul Back on nerself and startles at destruction ? "I'is the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself that points out ал hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! Thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 488 pages
...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 Through all her works, he must... | |
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