Traduction de L'Essai sur l'homme de Pope en vers français précédée d'un discours et suivie de notes avec le texte anglais en regardLe Normand, 1822 |
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Page 70
... know ? Of Man , what see we but his station here , From which to reason , or to which refer ? Thro ' worlds unnumber'd tho ' the God be known , " Tis ours to trace him only in our own . He who thro ' vast immensity can pierce , See ...
... know ? Of Man , what see we but his station here , From which to reason , or to which refer ? Thro ' worlds unnumber'd tho ' the God be known , " Tis ours to trace him only in our own . He who thro ' vast immensity can pierce , See ...
Page 74
... know , why Man restrains His fiery course , or drives him o'er the plains ; When the dull Ox , why now he breaks the clod , Is now a victim , and now AEgypt's God : Then shall Man's pride and dulness comprehend His actions ' , passions ...
... know , why Man restrains His fiery course , or drives him o'er the plains ; When the dull Ox , why now he breaks the clod , Is now a victim , and now AEgypt's God : Then shall Man's pride and dulness comprehend His actions ' , passions ...
Page 76
... know ; Or who could suffer Being here below ? The lamb , thy riot dooms to bleed to - day , Had he thy Reason , would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last , he crops the flow'ry food , And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood ...
... know ; Or who could suffer Being here below ? The lamb , thy riot dooms to bleed to - day , Had he thy Reason , would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last , he crops the flow'ry food , And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood ...
Page 78
... know , But gives that Hope to be thy blessing now . Hope springs eternal in the human breast : Man never is , but always to be , blest : The soul , uneasy and confin'd from home , Rests and expatiates in a life to come . Lo , the poor ...
... know , But gives that Hope to be thy blessing now . Hope springs eternal in the human breast : Man never is , but always to be , blest : The soul , uneasy and confin'd from home , Rests and expatiates in a life to come . Lo , the poor ...
Page 84
... knows but He , whose hand the light'ning forms , Who heaves old Ocean , and who wings the storms ; Pours fierce Ambition in a Cæsar's mind , Or turns young Ammon loose , to scourge mankind ? From Pride , from Pride , our very reas'ning ...
... knows but He , whose hand the light'ning forms , Who heaves old Ocean , and who wings the storms ; Pours fierce Ambition in a Cæsar's mind , Or turns young Ammon loose , to scourge mankind ? From Pride , from Pride , our very reas'ning ...
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