Yet simple Nature to his hope has given, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven; Some safer world in depth of woods embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians... Der Mensch, ein philosophisches Gedicht - Page 8by Alexander Pope - 1772 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...heav'n ; Some safer world in depth of woods embrac'd, 105 Some happier island in the wat'ry waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's... | |
| William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 384 pages
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| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1824 - 84 pages
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| Catherine George Ward - 1824 - 720 pages
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| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
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| British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...humbler heaven ; Some safer world in depth of woods embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be content 's his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
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