 An heir of glory'! a frail child of dust*! Helpless immortal'! insect infinite*! A worm'! a god*! — I tremble' at myself, And in myself am lost*!  Night Thoughts - Page 22by Edward Young - 1798 - 386 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Ewell - 1827 - 868 pages
...such! Who center'd in our make such strange extreme^'. From different natures, marvellously mixed! An heir of glory! a frail child of dust! Helpless immortal! insect infinite! A worm! a God! — I tremble at myself, And in myself am lost. Youue. "/ am fearfully and wonderfully... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...sullied and absorpt! Though sullied and dishonour'd, still divine ! Dim miniature of greatness absolute! An heir of glory ! a frail child of dust: Helpless immortal! insect infinite 1 A worm ! a god !—I tremble at myself, And in myself am lost. At home, a stranger, Thought wanders... | |
 | General reader - 1827 - 246 pages
...in being's endless chain '. Midway from nothing to the Deity! Dim miniature of greatness absolute ! An heir of glory! a frail child of dust! Helpless immortal! insect infinite! A worm! a God! — Young's Night Thoughts. What is man, If his chief good, and market of his time Be... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...greatness absolute; An heir of glory ! a frail child of dust! Helpless—immortal! insect—infinite ! A worm ! a god ! I tremble at myself, And in myself am lost! How reason reels! Oh ! what a miracle to man is MAN ! YQDNG. ANATOMY. We have now examined this " Lord... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...An heir of glory I a frail child of dust : Helpless immortal ! insect infinite I A worm ! a gud II tremble at myself, And in myself am lost. At home,...Thought wanders up and down, surpris'd aghast, And wondering at her own. How reason reels ! O what a miracle to man is man ! Trinmphantly distress'd !... | |
 | Thomas Whowell - 1829 - 296 pages
...complicate, how wonderful is man: How passing wonder He who made him such.' ' " A worm,—a God II tremble at myself, And in myself am lost. At home a stranger, Thought wanders up and down amazed, aghast.—Youicc. And while every thing both within and without us declares the glory of God.... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...greatness absolute '. An heir of glory ta frail child of dust; Helpless immortal ! insect infinite! A worm ! a god ! — I tremble at myself, And in myself...Thought wanders up and down, surpris'd, aghast, And wondering at her writ : How Reason reels t O what a miracle to man is man, Triumphantly distress'd... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...An heir of glory 1 a frail child of dust : Helpless immortal 1 insect infinite ! A worm ! a god II The fire fair-blazing, and the vestment warm : In vain his little children, peeping out Int surprised, aghast. And wondering at her own. How reason reels 1 Oh what a miracle to man is man I Triumphantly... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...sullied and absorpt ! Though sullied and dishonor'd, still divine.! Dim miniature of greatness absolute! An heir of glory ! a frail child of dust! " Helpless immortal ! insect infinite ! A worm ! a god ! — I tremble at myself, And in myself am lost. At home a stranger, Thought wanders... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...absorpt' ! Though sullied', and dishonoured', still divine' J Dim miniature' of greatness absolute' ! An heir of glory' ! a frail child of dust' ! Helpless immortal' ! insect infinite' I A worm' ! a god' ! — I tremble' at myself, And in myself am lost' ! at home a stranger', Thought... | |
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