Poetical Works, Volume 2Lefevre, 1822 |
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... 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 reason , but from what we know ? Of man , what see we but his station here AN ESSAY ON ...
... 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 reason , but from what we know ? Of man , what see we but his station here AN ESSAY ON ...
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... rise in due degree ; Then , in the scale of reasoning life , ' tis plain , There must be somewhere , such a rank as man : And all the question ( wrangle e'er so long ) Is only this , if God has placed him wrong ? Respecting man ...
... rise in due degree ; Then , in the scale of reasoning life , ' tis plain , There must be somewhere , such a rank as man : And all the question ( wrangle e'er so long ) Is only this , if God has placed him wrong ? Respecting man ...
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... brings ; For me , health gushes from a thousand springs ; Seas roll to waft me , suns to light me rise ; My foot - stool earth , my canopy the skies . But errs not nature from this gracious end , From V. 117 . EPISTLE I.
... brings ; For me , health gushes from a thousand springs ; Seas roll to waft me , suns to light me rise ; My foot - stool earth , my canopy the skies . But errs not nature from this gracious end , From V. 117 . EPISTLE I.
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... rise , and half to fall ; Great lord of all things , yet a prey to all : Sole judge of truth , in endless error hurl'd : The glory , jest , and riddle of the world ! Go , wondrous creature ! mount where science guides , 2 AN ESSAY ON MAN .
... rise , and half to fall ; Great lord of all things , yet a prey to all : Sole judge of truth , in endless error hurl'd : The glory , jest , and riddle of the world ! Go , wondrous creature ! mount where science guides , 2 AN ESSAY ON MAN .
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... rise , and there descend , Explain his own beginning or his end ? Alas , what wonder ! Man's superior part Uncheck'd may rise , and climb from art to art ; But when his own great work is but begun , What reason weaves , by passion is ...
... rise , and there descend , Explain his own beginning or his end ? Alas , what wonder ! Man's superior part Uncheck'd may rise , and climb from art to art ; But when his own great work is but begun , What reason weaves , by passion is ...
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