 A worm ! a god ! I tremble at myself, And in myself am lost. At home a stranger, Thought wanders up and down, surprised, aghast. And wondering at her own. How reason reels . O, what a miracle to man is man ! Triumphantly distressed!  The Age of Pope - Page 82by John Dennis - 1896 - 258 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 pages
...distress'd ! what joy, what dread ! Alternately transported, and alarm'd! What c»n preserve my lite ! or what destroy ! An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave ; Lotions of angels can't conmie me there. Ti« pas» conjecture ; all things rise in proof : While... | |
 | Edward Young - 1813 - 380 pages
...what dread ! Alternately transported and alarm' d*i What can preserve my life ?«or what dfestroy? An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave ; Legions of angels can't confine me there. 'Tis past conjecture ; all things rise in proof. While o'er my limbs sleep's soft dominion spread,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1813 - 324 pages
...man is man ! Trinmphantly distress'd ! what joy ! what dread ! Alternately transported and alarm'd ; "What can preserve my life! or what destroy ! An angel's arm can't suatch me from the grave ; Legions of angels can't confine me there. Ti- past conjecture ; all things... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1849 - 494 pages
...reason reels ! Oh what a miracle to men is man ! Triumphantly distressed ! what joy ! what dread ! Alternately transported and alarmed ! What can preserve...me from the grave ; Legions of angels can't confine mo there." Grand! but it requires the wisdom of a Swedenborg, as well as the poetic grandeur of a Young,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1815 - 332 pages
...man is man, Triumphantly distress'*!! what joy, what dread!' Alternately transported, and alarm'd ! What can preserve my life ? or what destroy ? An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave j. . Legions of angels can't confine me there. "Tis past conjecture ; all things rise in proof: While... | |
 | Edward Young - 1816 - 390 pages
...man is man, Triumphantly distress'd ! what joy, what dread ! Alternately transported, and alarm'd ! What can preserve my life ? or what destroy ? An angel's...grave ; Legions of angels can't confine me there. 'Tis past conjecture ; all things rise in proof : While o'er my limbs Sleep's soft dominion spreads.... | |
 | Edward Young - 1816 - 284 pages
...to man is man, Triumphantly distress'd! what joy! what dread! Alternately transported and alarm'd ! What can preserve my life ? or what destroy ? An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave ; Xegions of angels can't confine me there. 'Tis past conjecture: all things rise in proof. While o'er... | |
 | 1838 - 884 pages
...man is man, Trinmphantly distress 'd ! what joy, what dread ! Alternately transported, and alarm'd ! What can preserve my life ? or what destroy ? An angel's...grave ; Legions of angels can't confine me there. " 'Tis past conjecture ; all things rise in proof, While o'er my limbs sleep's soft dominion spreads.... | |
 | Edward Young - 1817 - 372 pages
...man is man, Triumphantly distress'd ! what joy, what dread ! Alternately transported, and alarm'd ! What can preserve my life? or what destroy? An angel's...grave ; Legions of angels can't confine me there. 'Tis past conjecture ; all things rise in proof. While o'er my limbs sleep's soft dominion spread,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...reason reels' ! O what a miracle to man' is mnn', Triumphantly distressed' ! what joy', what dread' ! Alternately transported', and alarmed' ! What can...can't snatch' me from the grave ; Legions' of angels cei't confine' me there. Young. 11 — On Death. , --^ WHERE the prime actors of the last year's scene,... | |
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