 | Owen Williams - 1828 - 930 lehte
...him. Cato. It must he so — Plato thou reason's! well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence...dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought? NVhy shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1828 - 588 lehte
...Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? "Tis the divinity, that stirs within us, "Us heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates...to man. Eternity, thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide,... | |
 | Owen Williams - 1828 - 926 lehte
...Or whence this secret tlread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul Hack on herself, and startles at destruction? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; Tis lieav'n itself that points oui an hereafter, \nd intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing,... | |
 | British theatre - 1828 - 924 lehte
...him. Cato. 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 dread, and inward horror, Of {ailing into nought? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tu tbe divinity... | |
 | Stephen Jones - 1828 - 538 lehte
...without rhyme, as in the heroic mea.sure of twelve syllables : Tis the Divinity that stirs within a, 'Til Heav'n itself that points out an hereafter And intimates eternity to man. So in that of eight : They neither added nor eonfoindcrf. They neither wanted Dor abounded. In that... | |
 | R. T. Trall - 1996 - 116 lehte
...so — Plato, thou reasonest well ! Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This 16nging after immortality? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught ( Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? "Pis the divinity that... | |
 | Styan - 1965 - 168 lehte
...him.' It must be so — Plato, thou reason's! well ! — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence...dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought? . . . In spite of the tempestuous idea, the sonorous regularity of these lines admits none of the hesitations... | |
 | Shattuck - 1997 - 420 lehte
...Cato. IT must be so ; — Plato, thou reasonest well; — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence...Why shrinks the soul Back on herself and startles at desnuetion? Tis the Divinity that stirs within us; 'T is Heaven itself that points out an hereafter,... | |
 | Mark Bailey - 1880 - 80 lehte
...this fond desire, || This longing ||| after immortality? |||| Or whence | this secret dread | | | arid inward horror | | | Of falling into nought? |||| Why...Back | on herself, || and startles || at destruction? |||| 'T is the Divinity ||| that stirs | within us : j| 'T is Heaven || itself | | | that points out... | |
 | Jay Fliegelman - 1982 - 344 lehte
...afterlife by Plato's discussion of the immortality of the soul, asks the following and then takes his life. Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...destruction? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter. And intimates eternity to man. The soul's natural desire... | |
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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... 
