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 - Page 328by Haölé, George Washington Bates - 1854 - 493 pagesFull view - About this book
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...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,... | |
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| English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
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...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 pages
...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... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 342 pages
...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 - English literature - 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... | |
| English drama - 1804 - 516 pages
...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... | |
| British drama - 1804 - 946 pages
...longing after immortality ? Or whence 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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