 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 - Page 58by Robert Kidd - 1857 - 504 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Dibdin - 1815 - 496 pages
...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 us ; Tis heav'n itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 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... | |
 | 1817 - 314 pages
...Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? "Pis 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, [pass ! Through what new scenes and changes must .we The wide, th' unbounded prospect... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 pages
...longing after immortality .' Or, Whence this secret dread, and inwaro* horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...destruction? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us : 'Tie heaven itself that points out an Hereafter And intimates Kteinity to man. Eternity .'— thou... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...,omp, will admit greatness. Many lines in Cato's soiloquy are at once easy and sublime : pc lil'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself...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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...fatting into nought 'i Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? — 'Tig the Divinity that stirs within us : 'Tis Heaven itself,...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... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 304 pages
...longing after immortality ; Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; "I'is Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing,... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 398 pages
...longing after immortality ? Or, Whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pas* ! The wide, th' unbounded prospect lies before me ; But shadows, clouds and darkness rest upon... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 428 pages
...excludes pomp, will admit greatness. Many lines in Cold's soliloquy are at once easy and sublime : Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; Tis Heaven...that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity tn man. If there's a power above us, And that there is all nature cries aloud Thro' all her works,... | |
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