 An heir of glory! a frail child of dust! Helpless immortal! insect infinite! A worm ! a god ! I tremble at myself, And in myself am lost ! at home a stranger, Thought wanders up and down, surprised, aghast, And wondering at her own: how reason reels!  Poétique anglaise - Page 354by Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Edward Young - 1810 - 278 pages
...Deity ! A beam ethereal, sully'd and absorpt ! Tho' sully'd and dishonour'd, still divine! — Dim miniature of greatness absolute ! . — ,An heir of...myself, And in myself am lost. At home, a stranger, Thongh^jvanders up and down, surpris'd, aghast, , And wond'rtng at her own. How reason reels! • O... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 pages
...heir of glory! a frail child of dust! Helflesi immortal! insect infinite I A worm! a god!—1 tremhle at myself, And in myself am lost! at home a stranger, Thought wanders up and down, surpris'd, aghast, And wondering at her awn : How Reason reels! O what a miracle to man is man, Triumphantly... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 556 pages
...the Of Uy ! A beam ethereal, lully'd and absorpt ! Though sully'd and dishonour'd, still divine! Dim miniature of greatness absolute ! An heir of glory ! a frail child of dust ! Htlplcss immortal ! insect infinite ! A worm ! a god ! — 1 tremble at myself, And in myself am... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 pages
...the Deify / A beam ethereal, sully'd and absorpt ! Though sully'd and dishonour'd, still divine ! Dim miniature of greatness absolute ! An heir of glory ! a frail child of du«t ! Ilelplc si immortal ! insect injinile ! A worm ! a god ! — 1 tremble at myself, And intmyself... | |
 | Edward Young - 1812 - 810 pages
...the Deity; A beam ethereal, sullied and absorpt! Though sullied and dishonour'd, still divine! Dim miniature of greatness absolute! An heir of glory!...lost. At home a stranger, Thought wanders up and down, surpris'd, aghasr And wondering at her own. How reason reels! O what a miracle to man is man! Triumphantly... | |
 | Edward Young - 1813 - 380 pages
...chain ! A beam ethereal, sullied and absorb'd ! Though sullied and dishonour' d, still divine ! Dim miniature of greatness absolute ! An heir of glory!...! At home a stranger, Thought wanders up and down, surpris'd, aghast, And wondering at her own : how reason reels ! Oh, what a miracle to man is man,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1813 - 324 pages
...ethereal, sullied and absorpt ! Though sullied and dishonour'd, still divine ! Dim miniature of greatuess absolute ! An heir of glory! a frail child of dust!...tremble at myself, And in myself am lost. At home a itraoger, Thought wanders up and down, surpris'd, aghast, And wondering at her own. How reason reels... | |
 | 1813 - 774 pages
...Deity ! A beam ethereal, sullied, and absorpt ! Though sullied and dishonour'd, still divine ! Dim miniature of greatness absolute! An heir of glory!...Helpless immortal! insect infinite! A worm ! — a God !" COMPLAINT, Niglit /. 76. Faulkner's History of Fulham. (Continued from page 243.) OF the late benevolent... | |
 | Charles Fothergill - 1813 - 288 pages
...the Deity ! A beam ethereal, snlly'd and absorpt ! Tho' sully "d and dishonour'd, still divine! Dim miniature of greatness absolute ! An heir of glory...Helpless immortal ! insect infinite ! A worm ! a god ! " CHAP. V. Some important Reflexions, arising from a Consideration of the Nature of Animals. On the... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1849 - 494 pages
...Speaking of heaven brings to our mind its destined inhabitant, man. Dr. Young thus describes him : — " An heir of glory! a frail child of dust : Helpless...At home, a stranger, Thought wanders up and down, surprised, aghast, And wondering at her own. How reason reels ! Oh what a miracle to men is man ! Triumphantly... | |
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