AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ;... An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... - Page 59by Joseph Warton - 1806Full view - About this book
| Alexander Pope - 1762 - 370 pages
...thingi To low ambition, and the pride of Kings. Let us ( fmce Life can little more fupply Than juft to look about us , and to die ) •— Expatiate free o'er all this fcene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; — _ A Wild j where weeds and flow'rs promifcuous... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1763 - 150 pages
...here, ami a Rcfignation to it bereand hereafter, ver. 327, &c. C i ] AN ESSAY on MAN.EPISTLE I. A WAKE, my ST. JOHN ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of KingsLet us (fmce Life can little more fupply Than juft to look about us and to die) Expatiate free... | |
| Alexander Pope - Electronic books - 1763 - 154 pages
...and a Refignation to it here and hereafter^ ver. 327, &c. [ I] AN ESSAY on. MAN/ EPISTLE I. A WAKE, my ST. JOHN ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride ef KingsLet us (lince Life can little more fupply Than juft to look about us and to die) Expatiate... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1763 - 150 pages
...meaner thjngs To low ambition, and the pride of KingsLet us (fince Life can little more fupply Than juft to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this fcene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; NOTES VER. i. jfwaie, my ST. JOHN !] The opening... | |
| Augustus Henry Fitzroy Duke of Grafton, John Wilkes - Great Britain - 1769 - 348 pages
...edition of the EJfay, fully, prove this. Inflead of Let us (fince life can little more fupply Than juft to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this fcene of Man;. A mighty maze ! but not without a plan, it was at firft publifhed, A mighty maze ! of... | |
| English liberty - 1769 - 430 pages
...of the E/ay> fully prove this. Inftead of • ' Let us (fince life can little more fupply Thanjuft to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this fcene of Man ; • A mighty maze ! tut not without a plan, • _ • ' . . .1. .1 It was at firft publifhed,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1772 - 376 pages
...clargiri decent : quem te Deus efle li./Kf ^ ^ humana qua parte locacus es in re» EPISTLE I. WAKE, my ST. JOHN ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of Kings. Let us ( fince Life can little more fiipply Than juft to look about us , and to die ) Expatiate free o'er... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...absolute submission due to Providence, both as to our present and future state, v. 361, &c. to the end. AWAKE, my St. John! leave all meaner things, To low...more supply Than just to look about us and to die) D Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man; 5 A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild where... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 pages
...fvbmijpon due to Pi evidence, both as to our preJcM and future Jlale , ver. 481, tit. lo the end. A WAKE, my St. JOHN ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of Kings. Let us (fmee Life can little more fupply Than juft to look about us, and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 414 pages
...fubmifl:on duo to Providence, both as to our prefent and future fcte. ver. z81, &c. to the end. EPISTLE I. AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things ^* To low ambition, and the pride of Kings, Let us (fmce Life can little more fupply Than juft to look about us, and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this... | |
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