 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 532 lehte
...unbounded prospect, lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us, (And that there is all...virtue; And that which he delights in, must be happy. But when ! or where ! — This world was made for Caesar. I'm weary of conjectures This must end 'em.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 lehte
...that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. —————If there's a power above us, And that...virtue, And that which he delights in must be happy. Nor is ease more contrary to wit than to sublimity : the celebrated itanza of Cowley, on a lady elaborately... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 lehte
...within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. r— — — If there's a power above us, And that there is all...virtue. And that which he delights in must be happy. Nor is ease more contrary to wit than to sublimity : the celebrated stanza of Cowley, on a lady elaborately... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 542 lehte
...unbounded prospect, lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us, (And that there is all...virtue ; And that which he delights in, must be happy. But when ! or where ! — This world was made for Caesar. I'm weary of conjectures This must end 'em.... | |
 | James Fennell - 1814 - 544 lehte
...man would I say, " Go and do thou likewise." This world may be said to be made for Caesars, but, " If there's a Power above us, And that there is, all...virtue, And that which He delights in must be happy." How oppression can be reconciled to virtue, I di aot know; I never myself made an attempt to amalgamate... | |
 | Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 lehte
...unbounded prospect lies before me ; But shadows, clouds and darkness rest upon it. "f Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, (And that there is, all...virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. II. But when ? or where? This world was made foi Cassar. I'm weary of copjectures — This must end... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1859 - 602 lehte
...unbounded prospect lies before me, But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, (And that there is, all...virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? — This world was made for Crcsar ! I'm weary of conjectures : — this* must... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 lehte
...unbounded prospect lies before mfi ; But shadows, clouds and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, (And that there is, all...virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy. But when ? Or where > This world was made for Cesar. I'm weary of conjectures— —this must end them.... | |
 | 1814 - 578 lehte
...virtue depend ? Not on the arbitrary will of the Deity, but on his moral attributes. As the poet says, " He must delight in virtue, and that which he delights in must be happy." Its necessity, its meetness, its jitnett or adaptation to salvation, stamps so high a value on it,... | |
 | 1814 - 572 lehte
...virtue depend ? Not on the arbitrary will of the Deity, but on his moral attributes. As the poet says, " He must delight in virtue, and that which he delights in must be happy." Its necessity, its mcetness, its fitness or adaptation to salvation, stamps so high a value on it,... | |
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Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy. 
