 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
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...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... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1837 - 252 pages
...people, may now be very justly applied to our own nation. " Here will I hold. If there 'sa power above us (And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through...virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy." ' This will be allowed, I hope, to be as virtuous a sentiment as that which he quotes out of Terence... | |
 | Solomon Southwick - Temptation - 1837 - 204 pages
...Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pais ! 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1837 - 548 pages
...Through what variety of untried being, [pass ? Through what new scenes and changes must we The wide, th' unbounded prospect, lies before me ; But shadows,...upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us, (And that there is all nature erica aloud Through all her works,) he must delight in virtue; And... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 350 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,...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 ;... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 342 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,...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... | |
 | John Jebb (bp. of Limerick.) - 1837 - 486 pages
...these reasonings, on another Roman worthy, as described by our Christian poet, was no more than this : The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me : But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Not such, my brethren, is the Christian's prospect : — and speaking as I do, with the remains of... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...to man. Eternity ! — thou pleasing — dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass !...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 :... | |
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...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... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 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 ;... | |
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