 | 1846 - 668 pages
...given us this ambition to live is itself a sure and certain pledge of an endless state of being. " Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,...secret dread, and inward horror Of falling into naught t Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs... | |
 | My youthful companions - 1846 - 170 pages
...soliloquy, is applicable to the mass of Pagan sages : — * It must be so. Plato, thou reasonest well I Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,...this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that... | |
 | 1847 - 454 pages
...implanted in the human soul by the great Creator. The poet very properly inquires, " Whence springs this pleasing hope, this fond desire. This longing...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction?" The actions and achievements of mind evidently mark its desire for immortality. Why those towering... | |
 | 1847 - 312 pages
...Addison. (" Effusive and Expulsive orotund :" " Subdued and Suppressed " force : " Median stress.") " It must be so ; — Plato, thou reasonest well ! Else,...this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'T is the Divinity that... | |
 | 1847 - 540 pages
...Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds ! ADDISON'S Cato. 9. It must be so : Plato, thou reasonest well : Else...this secret dread, and inward horror Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on itself, and startles at destruction ? 'T is the divinity that... | |
 | 1847 - 526 pages
...Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds ! ADDISON'S Cato. 9. It must be so : Plato, thou reasonest well : Else...this secret dread, and inward horror Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on itself, and startles at destruction ? 'T is the divinity that... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1939 - 114 pages
...Plato's book on the Immortality of the Soul in his hand and a drawn sword on the table before him: Plato, thou reasonest well! Else whence this pleasing...at destruction? "Tis the divinity that stirs within us; "Us heaven Itself that points out an hereafter, And Intimates eternity to man. Here will I hold.... | |
 | United States. Congress House - 1939 - 76 pages
...Immortality of the Soul in his hand and a drawn sword on the table before him: Plato, thou reasonest well I Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire....at destruction? "Tis the divinity that stirs within us; Tls heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Here will I hold.... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1939 - 140 pages
...Plato's book on the Immortality of the Soul in his hand and a drawn sword on the table before him: Plato, thou reasonest well! Else whence this pleasing...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? Tls the divinity that stirs within us; Tls heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates... | |
 | United States. 76th Congress, 1st sess., 1939 - 1939 - 116 pages
...Plato's book on the Immortality of the Soul in his hand and a drawn sword on the table before him: Plato, thou reasonest well! Else whence this pleasing...soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? Tls the divinity that stirs within us; Tls heaven Itself that points out an hereafter. And Intimates... | |
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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 naught ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles... 
