Poetical Works, Volume 2Lefevre, 1822 |
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... Eye nature's walks , shoot folly as it flies , And catch the manners living as they rise : Laugh where we must , be candid where we can , But vindicate the ways of God to man . I. Say first , of God above , or man below , What can we ...
... Eye nature's walks , shoot folly as it flies , And catch the manners living as they rise : Laugh where we must , be candid where we can , But vindicate the ways of God to man . I. Say first , of God above , or man below , What can we ...
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... eye , as God of all , A hero perish , or a sparrow fall , Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd , And now a bubble burst , and now a world . Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar ; Wait the great teacher , Death ; and God adore ...
... eye , as God of all , A hero perish , or a sparrow fall , Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd , And now a bubble burst , and now a world . Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar ; Wait the great teacher , Death ; and God adore ...
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... eye ? For this plain reason , man is not a fly . Say what the use , were finer optics given , To inspect a mite , not comprehend the heaven ? Or touch , if tremblingly alive all o'er , To smart and agonize at every pore ? Or quick ...
... eye ? For this plain reason , man is not a fly . Say what the use , were finer optics given , To inspect a mite , not comprehend the heaven ? Or touch , if tremblingly alive all o'er , To smart and agonize at every pore ? Or quick ...
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Alexander Pope. Beast , bird , fish , insect , what no eye can see , No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee , From ... eye , or ear repined To serve mere engines to the ruling mind ? Just as absurd for any part to claim To be 14 v ...
Alexander Pope. Beast , bird , fish , insect , what no eye can see , No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee , From ... eye , or ear repined To serve mere engines to the ruling mind ? Just as absurd for any part to claim To be 14 v ...
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... due bounds confined , Make and maintain the balance of the mind : The lights and shades , whose well accorded strife Gives all the strength and colour of our life . Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes ; And v . 95 . 23 EPISTLE II .
... due bounds confined , Make and maintain the balance of the mind : The lights and shades , whose well accorded strife Gives all the strength and colour of our life . Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes ; And v . 95 . 23 EPISTLE II .
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