An Essay on Man: By Alexander Pope, Esq. Enlarged and Improved by the Author. Together with His MS. Additions and Variations as in the Last Edition of His Works. With the Notes of William, Lord Bishop of Gloucester |
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... earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they fhade ? 40 Or afk of yonder argent fields above , Why Jove's Satellites are less than Jove ? Of Systems poffible , if ' tis confeft That Wisdom infinite muft form the best ...
... earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they fhade ? 40 Or afk of yonder argent fields above , Why Jove's Satellites are less than Jove ? Of Systems poffible , if ' tis confeft That Wisdom infinite muft form the best ...
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... Earth for whose use ? Pride anfwers , " " Tis for mine : " For me kind Nature wakes her genial pow'r , " Suckles each herb , and fpreads out ev'ry flow'r ; " Annual for me , the grape , the rose renew 135 " The juice nectareous , and ...
... Earth for whose use ? Pride anfwers , " " Tis for mine : " For me kind Nature wakes her genial pow'r , " Suckles each herb , and fpreads out ev'ry flow'r ; " Annual for me , the grape , the rose renew 135 " The juice nectareous , and ...
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... earth , my canopy the skies . ” 140 But errs not Nature from this gracious end , From burning funs when livid deaths defcend , When earthquakes fwallow , or when tempefts sweep Towns to one grave , whole nations to the deep ? " No ...
... earth , my canopy the skies . ” 140 But errs not Nature from this gracious end , From burning funs when livid deaths defcend , When earthquakes fwallow , or when tempefts sweep Towns to one grave , whole nations to the deep ? " No ...
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... earth , All matter quick , and bursting into birth . Above , how high , progreffive life may go ! Around , how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vaft chain of Being ! which from God began , Nature æthereal , human , angel , man ...
... earth , All matter quick , and bursting into birth . Above , how high , progreffive life may go ! Around , how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vaft chain of Being ! which from God began , Nature æthereal , human , angel , man ...
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... Earth unbalanc'd from her orbit fly , Planets and funs run lawleís thro ' the sky ; NOTES . 250 knowledge , therefore , that fo harmonious a connexion in the difpofition of things as is here defcribed , is tranfcen- dently beautiful ...
... Earth unbalanc'd from her orbit fly , Planets and funs run lawleís thro ' the sky ; NOTES . 250 knowledge , therefore , that fo harmonious a connexion in the difpofition of things as is here defcribed , is tranfcen- dently beautiful ...
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Page 60 - Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Page 68 - Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Page 25 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Page 91 - But mutual wants this happiness increase, All nature's difference keeps all nature's peace. Condition, circumstance, is not the thing, Bliss is the same in subject or in king; In who obtain defence, or who defend, In him who is, or him who finds a friend : Heaven breathes through every member of the whole One common blessing as one common soul.
Page 49 - Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall, That vice or virtue there is none at all. If white and black blend, soften, and unite A thousand ways, is there no black or white?
Page 67 - Praise ye him sun and moon : praise him all ye stars of light. Praise him ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens ; let them praise the name of the Lord ; for he commanded, and they were created.
Page 70 - Go, from the creatures thy instructions take: Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield ; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Page 119 - By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord! Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind; Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill; And binding Nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.
Page 31 - With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err...
Page 88 - Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? Where grows? where grows it not ? if vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil. Fix'd to no spot is happiness sincere; 'Tis no where to be found, or ev'ry where ; 'Tis never to be bought, but always free ; And, fled from monarchs, St.