 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 fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.  L'essai sur l'homme - Page 14de Alexander Pope - 1821 - 207 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 pages
...thirst for gold. 5. To BE, contents his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wings, no seraph's fire : But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire; no But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful...opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fanciest such ; 115 Say, Here he gives too little, there too much ; Destroy all creatures for thy sport... | |
 | 1835 - 206 pages
...enaid gael daioni o'i lafur. Hynhefyda welais, mai o law Duw yroedd hyn." SOLOMON. "Go wiser thou l and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fanciest such ; Say, here he gives too little, there too much ; Cease then, nor order imperfection... | |
 | Isaac Dowd Williamson - 1836 - 264 pages
...true devotion, hopes for an humble heaven where "No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold; And thinks admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company." With thig he is satisfied upon that head. His pleasures are mostly physical, and he looks to the chase... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 pages
...no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh...opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fanciest such ; Say, here he gives too little, there too much : Destroy all creatures for thy sport... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 pages
...Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful Dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 pages
...Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | Truth - 1837 - 566 pages
...Where slaves once more their native land behold. No fends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. And thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.' " Why the very brutes reproach men for their ingratitude to their God. My dog looks up to me as his... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1838 - 274 pages
...train, which awaited these arrangements in silent wonder, that it might now approach. CHAPTER III. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy...opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fanciest such ; Say, here he gives too little, there too much ; Destroy all creatures for thy sport... | |
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