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 regard |
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Page 72
... thou find , Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ? First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds ...
... thou find , Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ? First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds ...
Page 80
... thou ! and , in the scale of sense , Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such , Say , here he gives too little , there too much ! Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust , Yet cry , If Man's ...
... thou ! and , in the scale of sense , Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such , Say , here he gives too little , there too much ! Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust , Yet cry , If Man's ...
Page 96
... thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing Pow'r Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All Nature is but Art , unknown to thee ; All Chance , Direction , which thou canst not see ; All Discord , Harmony not understood ; All ...
... thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing Pow'r Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All Nature is but Art , unknown to thee ; All Chance , Direction , which thou canst not see ; All Discord , Harmony not understood ; All ...
Page 150
... thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn , For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn . Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his ...
... thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn , For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn . Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his ...
Page 154
... feast of life before ; Thou too must perish , when thy feast is o'er ! To each unthinking being Heav'n , a friend , Gives not the useless knowledge of its end : La nature , à son tour , soumet ta tyrannie 154 EPISTLE HIL.
... feast of life before ; Thou too must perish , when thy feast is o'er ! To each unthinking being Heav'n , a friend , Gives not the useless knowledge of its end : La nature , à son tour , soumet ta tyrannie 154 EPISTLE HIL.
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