 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 - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...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... | |
 | English essays - 1823 - 392 pages
...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 - English essays - 1823 - 286 pages
...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 - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Presidents - 1823 - 418 pages
...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 - English drama - 1824 - 458 pages
...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;... | |
 | English drama - 1824 - 660 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Apologetics - 1825 - 288 pages
...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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