 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.  Sandwich Island Notes - Pagina 328door Haölé, George Washington Bates - 1854 - 493 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Bell - 1791 - 292 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | 1797 - 462 pagina’s
...longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horrer, 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,... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 462 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | 1800 - 322 pagina’s
...longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread, this inward horror Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter. And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! Through what... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 320 pagina’s
...Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nor-ght; Why shrinks the soul B ick on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the...stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! ' Through... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 304 pagina’s
...Or whence this seciet dread, and inward horror, Of falling into noight? Why shrinks the soul B ick on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the...stirs within us ; "Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity '. thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! ' Through... | |
 | 1803 - 408 pagina’s
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 | 1803 - 342 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1803 - 614 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1804 - 516 pagina’s
...longing after immortality ? Or wheuce this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...stirs within us ; Tis Heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what... | |
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