 | 1914 - 1240 pages
...along a road that never ends nor had a beginning. With Addison in his Cato I acclaim that "The soul in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger and defies...years, But thou shall flourish in immortal youth Unhurt amid the wars of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds." If life is to rest eternally... | |
 | Shattuck - 1997 - 420 pages
...: This in a moment brings me to an end ; But this informs me, I shall never die. The soul, secur'd in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and...point.-— The stars shall fade away, the sun himself l^L* . Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years; But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt... | |
 | James W. Angell - 1991 - 132 pages
...of unspoiled wonder, youngsters in soiled football jeans and the sublime sounds of orange violins. The stars shall fade away, the Sun himself Grow dim with age and Nature sink in years; But Thou shali flourish in immortal youth. Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter and the crash... | |
 | Amelia Howe Kritzer - 1995 - 452 pages
...slave. (Exits.) Scene Two BENHASSAN'5fcow5e. REBECCA: (Discovered reading). "The soul, secure in its existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. The stars shall fade away, the sun itself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shall flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt,... | |
 | Frank R. Shivers - 1998 - 348 pages
...a memorial plaque affixed to the wall of Midleham Chapel of Ease, Calvert County: The soul secur'd in her existence smiles at the drawn dagger and defies...immortal youth unhurt amidst the war of elements the wrecks of matter and the crush of worlds. These lines commemorate the 15-year-old son of the rector,... | |
 | Carl Seaburg - 1998 - 484 pages
...her Waves, and above me too, — "He was her lover!" — Had 1 a Claim to Fame? WILLIAM ROSE BENET 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... | |
 | Terence Whalen - 1999 - 572 pages
...words (which had been spelled backwards) and added appropriate spacing and punctuation: The soul secure in her existence smiles at the drawn dagger and defies...grow dim with age and nature sink in years, but thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, unhurt amid the war of elements, the wreck of matter and the crush... | |
 | Andrew Britton - 2003 - 276 pages
...(Picturegoer, i8th November 1933, p.i3), the writer named as 'the Editor' begins: 'When Addison wrote: The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, he might almost have been prophecying the future of Katharine Hepburn,... | |
 | The General Assembly of Spiritualists - 2006 - 145 pages
...) , he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? "But this informs me I shall never die. The soul secured...dim with age, and Nature sink in years ; But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amid the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush... | |
 | Jason Shaffer - 2007 - 254 pages
...political capitulation into an eternal, disembodied exile — Cato addresses his soul in the second person: 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, and the... | |
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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. 
