 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pages
...sublime, and this sublimity is principally due to the terrible uncertainty of the thing described : In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all ray bones to shake. Then a spirit passed... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 462 pages
...shall never die. The soul, secur'd in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter,... | |
 | 1797 - 462 pages
...never die. ., The soul, secur'd in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shall flourish in immortal youth, , Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter,... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 304 pages
...shall never die. Th« soul, seeur'd in her existence. smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in ye; rs ; But thou shall flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of... | |
 | John Blair Linn - 1802 - 196 pages
...13, 14, 15, 16, 17. " Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof, in thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men. Fear came upon me and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before... | |
 | 1803 - 342 pages
...extra fragmina. The soul, secur'd in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years; But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wrecks of matter,... | |
 | John Corry - 1804 - 126 pages
...and Rome. " The soul, secur'd in her existence, smiles * At the drawn dagger, and defies its point; The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years ; lint thou shall flourish in immortal youth; Unhurt amidst the war of elements. The wreck of matter... | |
 | John Corry - 1804 - 124 pages
...Greece and Rome. " The soul, secur'd in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point; The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years ; But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth ; Unhurt amidst the war of elements. The wreck of matter... | |
 | 1804 - 516 pages
...shall never die. The soul, secured in her existence, smiles At the drawn dasger, and defies its point. The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, 358 359 But ti» ni shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck... | |
 | William Giles - 1804 - 280 pages
...frustrate his hopes. He may say to his soul, in the midst of all the storms and vicissitudes of time, \ ' The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years ; But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter,... | |
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The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. 
