 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...  The British Essayists: Spectator - Page 238redigeeritud poolt - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - 1825 - 288 lehte
...so Plato, thou reason's! well— — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and...the soul Back on herself and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heav'n itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 510 lehte
...excludes pomp, will admit greatness. Many lines in Cato's Soliloquy are at once easy and sublime : Tis the Divinity that stirs within us; '1'is Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. If there's a Power above us, And that there is all Nature cries aloud... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 lehte
...so — Plato, thou reasonest well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread and...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... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 lehte
...be so—Plato, thou reason'st well! Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after Immortality ? Or, whence this secret dread,...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ?— "Pis the Divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates... | |
 | 1826 - 502 lehte
...;— Plato, thou rrasonest well ; — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread and...the soul Back on herself and startles at destruction t "Tig the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 556 lehte
...so — Plato, thou reasonest well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread and...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us — 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, • And... | |
 | 1827 - 422 lehte
...Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ; Or whence flits secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? "Pis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 lehte
...this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horrour Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the Soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction J Tis the Divinity, that stirs within us ; Ti.s Heav'n itself, that points out a hereafter, And intimates... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 lehte
...so — Plato, thou reasonest well ! Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after Immortality ? Or, whence this secret dread,...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? — I Tis the Divinity that stirs withirt us ; 'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 lehte
...so — Plato thou reason'st well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread and...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; ;Tis heav'n itself that points out an hereafter. And intimates... | |
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