 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 ! O what a miracle to man is man ! Triumphantly distress'd ! what joy!  The complaint; or, Night thoughts, on life, death, and immortality ... - Page 4by Edward Young - 1815 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...wondering at her own. How reason reels ! O what a miracle to man is man ! Triumphantly distress'd ! what joy ! what dread !~ Alternately transported and...destroy ! An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave ; Legions of angels can't confine me there. 'Tis past conjecture ; all things rise in proof. While... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...wondering at her writ : How Reason reels t O what a miracle to man is man, Triumphantly distress'd I what joy, what dread ! Alternately transported, and alarm'd! What can preserve my life t or what destroy t An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave ; Legions of angels can't confine... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...man is man I Triumphantly distressed I what joy I what dread I Alternately transported and alarmed I What can preserve my life? or what, destroy? An angel's arm can't smitch me from the grave ; Legions of angels can't confine me there. 'Tie past conjecture ; all things... | |
 | Edward Young, William Danby - 1832 - 306 pages
...make such strange extremes!" * » * * » " O what a miracle to man is man, Triumphantly distress'd ! what joy, what dread ! Alternately transported, and...destroy ? An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave, Legions of angels can't confine me. there." • * * * # These, indeed, other animals, particularly... | |
 | A. B. Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 496 pages
...And wondering at her own. How reason reels! O what a miracle to man is man! Triumphantly distress'd! what joy! what dread' Alternately transported and...can preserve my life! or what destroy! An angel's arm,can't snatch me from the grave; Legions of angels can't confine me there. 'Tis past conjecture;... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...man', Triumphantly distressed' ! what joy', what dread' ! Alternately transported', and alarmed' ! What can preserve' my life, or what destroy' ? An angel's' arm can't snatch' me from the grave ; Legions' of angels can't confine' me there. YOUNG. 11. — ON DEATH. WHERE the prime actors of the... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - Readers - 1833 - 286 pages
...to man is man! Triumphantly distressed, what joy, what dread! Alternately transported and alarmed! What can preserve my life? or what destroy? An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; Legions of angels can't confine me there. LESSON FORTY-SEVENTH. Charles XII. and his Secretary. One... | |
 | Edward Nares - Bible and geology - 1834 - 366 pages
...wond'ring at her own—how reason reels! O what a miracle to man, is man! Triumphantly distress'd — what joy! what dread! Alternately transported and...alarm'd ! What can preserve my life ? or what destroy 1 An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave ; Legions of angels can't confine me there." Is this... | |
 | Flowers - 1835 - 174 pages
...wondering at her own. How reason reels! O what a miracle to man is man ! Triumphantly distress'd ! what joy ! what dread ! Alternately transported and...destroy ! An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; Legions of angels can't confine me there. LXVIII. SUMMER. 'Tis summer, 'tis summer!—the wild birds... | |
 | 1838 - 876 pages
...wondering at her own : how reason reels ! Oh, what a miracle to man is man, Triumphantly distress'd ! what joy, what dread ! Alternately transported, and...destroy ? An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave ; Legions of angels can't confine me there. 1838.] 588 Our Pocket Companions. Of subtler essence than... | |
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