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. The Works of Samuel Johnson - Seite 280von Samuel Johnson - 1816Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1761 - 302 Seiten
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| 1800 - 322 Seiten
...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...points out an hereafter. And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! Through what variety of untry'd being,' Through what new... | |
| Nathan Fiske - 1801 - 322 Seiten
...patriot. And it was religion that Aided the poet in reaclring and forming the feutimem. 'Tis heaven ufelf that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. ******* If there's a power above, (And that there is, all nature ciies aloud Through all her woiks) he muft del ght in virtue; And that... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 320 Seiten
...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...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! ' Through what variety of untry' d !): ing, Thro' what... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 304 Seiten
...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...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity '. thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! ' Through what variety of untry'd being, Thro' what new... | |
| 1803 - 408 Seiten
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| Tobias Smollett - 1803 - 614 Seiten
...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... | |
| 1803 - 222 Seiten
...upon minute subjects ; but ease, though it 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 heav'n itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. If there's a pow'r above... | |
| British drama - 1804 - 946 Seiten
...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...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried heinc, Through what new... | |
| British drama - 1804 - 954 Seiten
...the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that ears within us ; T¡3 Heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternitv ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Thronen what variety of untried being, The wide, the unbounded... | |
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