 The wide, the 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 nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that...  The British drama - Page 358by British drama - 1804Full view - About this book
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 lehte
...eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass !...upon it. 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... | |
 | 1823 - 392 lehte
...eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ?...shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I hold—If there's a Power above us, And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 286 lehte
...Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass:' The wide, th' unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds,...upon it. 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... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 lehte
...Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide, th' unbounded prospect lies before me : But shadows, clouds,...upon it. 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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 lehte
...Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide, th' unbounded prospect lies before me ; But shadows, clouds,...upon it. 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 ;... | |
 | Samuel Putnam Waldo - 1823 - 418 lehte
...him. He might have exclaimed, in the language of an inimitable, although not a very modern bard — " The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me, But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it." The second quality enabled him, when entered into the dreadful brunt of devastating warfare, to brave... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 458 lehte
...eternity to man. Eternity ! them pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ?...upon it. 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;... | |
 | 1824 - 660 lehte
...eternity to man. Eternity ! Thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!...upon it. 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... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 lehte
...Don Sebastian. Eternity, thou pleasing dreadful thought ! Thro' what variety of untry'd beings, Thro' what new scenes and changes must we pass ? The wide,...; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Addison's Cato. Eternity, thou awful gulph of time, This wide creation on thy surface floats. Of life... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1825 - 288 lehte
...Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes, must we pass? The wide, th' unbounded prospect lies before me ; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there 'sa Pow'r above us, (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works,) he must... | |
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