 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - 1826 - 512 pages
...points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! — [Rises and comes formard.']-- Thou pleasing, dreadful, thought ! — Through what...! 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 —... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...that points out an hereafter, And intimates Eternity to man. Eternity !—thou pleasing—dreadful thought! Through what variety of untried being, Through...! 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— And... | |
 | 1826 - 502 pages
...eternity to man. Eternity ! — [Rises and comes forward.'}— Thou pleating, dreadful, thought I — Through what variety of untried being, Through what...! 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—... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pages
...that stirs within us — 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought !...variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and chaiges must we pass ? The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me ; But shadows, clouds, and darkness... | |
 | 1827 - 422 pages
...Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought !...? 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,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...Divinity, that stirs within us ; Ti.s Heav'n itself, that points out a hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. " Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought!...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... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pages
...that stirs withirt us ; 'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates Eternity to man. Eternity! — thou pleasing — dreadful thought!...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 — And... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1828 - 588 pages
...divinity, that stirs within us, "Us heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity, thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! 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... | |
 | John Riland - 1828 - 326 pages
...a war of opinions ; while many exclaim, in the lines following Mr. Burke's citation from Addison, ' Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before us; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it! Those who honour this essay with a perusal, will... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 pages
...divinity that stirs within us: 'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates Eternity to man. Eternity ! — thou pleasing, dreadful thought...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... | |
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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. But when, or where ? This world was made for Caesar. 
