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 - Page 280by Samuel Johnson - 1816Full view - About this book
| 1800 - 322 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1803 - 614 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 pages
...the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; "Pis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man, Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought.! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new... | |
| John Stirling - 1806 - 118 pages
...naught ? Why fhrinks the foul Back on herfelf, and ftartles at deftru&ion ? *Tis the divinity that ftirs within us ,'Tis Heaven itself, that points out an Hereafter •» And intimates Eternity to man. Eternity/ thou pleafing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new... | |
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