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. The Works of Alexander Pope; - Page 156by Alexander Pope - 1822Full view - About this book
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1812 - 224 pages
...have been here premised, are the conjectures of Dryden. Thou great First Cause, least understood ! And that myself am blind : Yet gave me in this dark estate, &c. What art thou, speak, that, on designs unknown, While others sleep, thus range the camp alone.... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...clime ador'd, By saint, by savage, and by sage, FATHER of all! in ev'ry age, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou great first Cause, least understood ; Who all...gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill : And, binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will. What conscience dictates to be done,... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1814 - 308 pages
...decision of the Great Judge. Something like what have been here premised, are the conjectures of Dryden. Thou great First Cause, least understood! Who all...sense confin'd To know but this, that thou art good 58 EXERCISES. (Rule 5. And that myself am blind : Yet gave me in this dark t state, &.C. What art thou,... | |
| Hymns, English - 1814 - 156 pages
...saint, by savage, and by sage, JEHOVAH, Jovi, or LOUD ! 2 Thou great First Cause ! leait understood I Who all my sense confin'd To know but this — that thou art good, And that myself am blind ; 3 Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill, And, binding nature fast in fate, Left... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1814 - 190 pages
...those which are conceived to be such, every man must stand or fall by the decision of the Great Judge. Thou great First Cause, least understood ! Who all my sense confin'd To know but this that them art good, And that myself am blind : Yet gave me in this dark estate, &c. " Confincdst or didst... | |
| Hymns, English - 1814 - 158 pages
...understood ! Who all my sense confin'd To know bat this—that thou art good, And that myself am blind ; 3 Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill, And, binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will:— ^ What conscience dictates to be... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1815 - 190 pages
...decision of the Great Judge. Something like what has been here premised, is the conjecture of Dryden. Thou great First Cause, least understood! Who all...myself am blind: Yet gave me in this dark estate, &c. " Confnsdst or didst confine :" " Qavat or didst give." What art thou, speak, that, on designs... | |
| John Carey - English language - 1816 - 300 pages
...singular, and the verbs plural— Thou first great cause, least understood, Who all my stnse coafin'd To know but this, that thou art good, And that myself am blind j Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the geod from ill, And, binding nature fast in fate, Left... | |
| Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...Lord. Thou great First Cause least understood ! Who all my sense confined, To know but this, that tliou 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. What conscience dictates to be done,... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1817 - 290 pages
...tage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou CREAT FIRST CAUSE, least understood, Who all my sense confín' d To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind ; Yet give me, in this dark (state, To see the good from il) ; And binding nature fast in fate, Left free... | |
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