 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
 | Dialogues - 1839 - 544 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 (Cato. solus, titting in a thoughtful posture; in his... | |
 | Sister Mary Lambertine - American literature - 1903 - 318 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; And... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - American literature - 1904 - 1196 pages
...Eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought I 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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1904 - 1058 pages
...eternity to man. Eternity ! — thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being. Through what new scenes and changes, must we pass!...clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there 'sa Power above UB (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must... | |
 | Hialmer Day Gould, Edward Louis Hessenmueller - Quotations, English - 1904 - 920 pages
...— Malesherbcs. Eternity, thou pleasing, dreadful thought! through what variety of untried being! through what new scenes and changes must we pass!...me; but shadows, clouds and darkness rest upon it. — Addison. There is, I know not how, in the minds of men, a certain presage, as it were, of a future... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1905 - 1008 pages
...eternity to man. Eternity! thou peaceful, 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1905 - 420 pages
...untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide, th' unbounded prospect, lyes before me ; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a pow'r above us, 15 (And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - Culture - 1906 - 552 pages
...eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass !...: But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. "Cato." ADDISOH. : HIGH 1. Cry Holiday ! Holiday ! let us be gay, And share in the rapture of heaven... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1906 - 410 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 is there's a power above us, 15 (And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he... | |
 | Helen Philbrook Patten - Future life - 1906 - 292 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 Power above us (And that there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works) , he must... | |
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