 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 nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles...  The Fifth Reader of the School and Family Series - Page 531by Marcius Willson - 1863 - 527 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 292 pages
...by him. IT must be so — Plato, thou reason'st well — £lse whence this pleasing hope, this fo.id desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence...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... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 462 pages
...Immortality of the Soul. A drawn sword on the table by him. IT must be so— Plato, thou reason'st well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond...immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horrer, Of falling into nought > Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 462 pages
...CATO solus, sitting in a thoughtful posture : in his hand Plato's booh on the Immortality of the Soul. This longing after immortality ? Or whence 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...thee. A SOLILOQUY ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. ADD1SON. IT must be so — Plato, thou reason'st well ! Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,...longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread, this inward horror Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction?... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 342 pages
...hxc vetant mori. ACT V. SCENE I. CATO alone, &c. IT must be so Plato, thou reasonest well Else why this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing...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... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1803 - 614 pages
...pieces, even to the present day, abound with verses of % simple redundant syllable: thus Addison — • 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us, Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter.' So, frequently, in our didactic poems, even when subject to the control of rhyme, as in the following... | |
 | English drama - 1804 - 510 pages
...poiture : in hit hand P lato'a book on the Immortality of the Soul. A drawn ncord on the table by him. IT must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well. Else...longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, иnН inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 946 pages
...Plato'tbook on the Immortality of the Soul. A drawn word on the table by him. IT must be so — Plato, thon reasonest well. Else whence this pleasing hope, this...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 stirs... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 470 pages
...Immortality of the Soul. A drawn sword on the table by him. J_T must be so — • — Plato, thou reason'st well ! -^ Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond...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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...in her praise ! CATO. CHAP. VIIL Cato's Soliloquy. JUT must be so — Plato thou reason'st wellElse whence this pleasing hope , this fond desire , This...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... | |
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