 | British theatre - 1831 - 922 lehte
...reason's! well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immorlalily? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of...destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us; Tis heav'ii itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing,... | |
 | Owen Williams - 1831 - 1106 lehte
...horror, Of falling into nought? \Vhy shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? the divinity that stirs within us; Tis heav'n itself that points out an hereafter, \itd intimates eternity to man. Eternity! ibou pleasing, dreadful thought! Through what variety of... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1831 - 288 lehte
...on what principle is it to be accounted for? *' Whence springs this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or, whence this secret dread, and inward horror • Of fallipg into nought ? — Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction?" Whence... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 lehte
...SOUL. IT must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ! Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret...— 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us-: 'Tis Heaven itself that points out — a hereafter, And intimates — Eternity to man. Eternity ! — thou... | |
 | 1832 - 438 lehte
...thou reasonest well— Else why this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality P Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? "I'is the divinity that stirs within us ; "Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates... | |
 | William Bailey (A.B.) - 534 lehte
...that such natural reasonings, and meditations as — " Whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret...points out an Hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new... | |
 | S.C. Hall - 1833 - 380 lehte
...IT must be BO : Plato, thou reasonest well ! Else whence this pleasing hope— this fond desire — This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret...destruction ? ' Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing,... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 lehte
...SOLILOQUY. IT must be so — Plato, thou reason's! well! Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or, whence this secret...? — 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us: 'Tis Heaven itself, that points out — an hereafter, And intimates — Eternity to man. Eternity! — thou... | |
 | 1833 - 332 lehte
...IT must be so : Plato, thou reasonest well ! Else whence this pleasing hope — this fond desire — This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret...destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us; "Pis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing,... | |
 | Charles Feist - 1833 - 304 lehte
...the still small voice " within us will effectually speak peace to the troubled waters of our souls. " Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out a hereafter, And intimates eternity to man." The wisest men, in all ages,... | |
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It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles... 
