 | 1819 - 364 pages
...heroic swell of magnanimity, and the generous throb of benevolence, shall look on with princely eye at " the war of elements, the wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds." XXXI. TO SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD. December, 1787SIR, MR. M'Kenzie, in Mauchline, my veij warm and worthy... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1819 - 418 pages
...nor destruction, but, laying claim to endless being, " Will flourish in immortal youth, " Unhurt amid the war of elements, " The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds." But, though the soul be thus distinct from, and independent of, the body in its nature ; yet, it is... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1819 - 388 pages
...heroic swell of magnanimity, and the generous throb of benevolence, shall look on with princely eye at " the war of elements, the wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds." XXXI. TO SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD. December, 1787. SIR, MR. M'Kenzie, in Mauchline, my very warm and worthy... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...assistance from Revelation, that the soul is immortal, and ' Will flourish in immortal youth, ,« i Unhurt amidst the war of elements, . , . The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.' But suppose the immortality of the soul proved or granted ; I am only just where I was before, or something... | |
 | James Watson - 1820 - 160 pages
...whilst vice has its certain punishment. Virtue is the sheet-anchor of the soul, on which she rides, " Unhurt, amidst the war of elements, " The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds !" " Un jour passe dans la pratique, de la vertu et de la reli" gioit, vaut mieux, que toute la vie... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 422 pages
...himself Grow dim with age, and "nature sink in years ; Bu< thou shah flourish in immortal youth ; « Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of \yorlds. XVI.— tycf ch of Henry V. to the Suldier, at the Siege Of Harfleur. — SHAKESPEARE'S HENRY... | |
 | Frances Arabella Rowden - 1820 - 178 pages
...greatest effort of architecture, and the sublimest monument of human genius. It still remains uninjured amidst ' the war of elements, the wreck of matter, and ' the crush of worlds.' * i ' . * *. f . i ',.. ^ 7»tl i •'*•«*• ORACLES. Oracles were the invention of Priests to... | |
 | 1821 - 778 pages
...to act as becomes a being who, when " all this fair creation' sinks to insignificance, shall rise " Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crash of worlds." But I forget that I am yet a traveller on the earth's surface, and that my kind friends... | |
 | 1821 - 800 pages
...to act as becomes a being who, when " all this fair creation" sinks to insignificance, shall rise " Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crash of worlds." But I forget that I am yet a traveller on the earth's surface, and that my kind friends... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...to act as becomes a being who, when " all this fair creation" sinks to insignificance, shall rise " Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crash of worlds.'» But 1 forget that I am yet a traveller on the earth's surface, and that my kind... | |
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The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. 
