 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 pages
...thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; 110 But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. IV. Go, wiser thou ! and, in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To BE, contents his natural desire; He asks no angel's wingi no seraph's fire : But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dug shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence;... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...torment, nor 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 Provideuse ; Call imperfection... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1824 - 308 pages
...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 wings, no seraph's...equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. 13 Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence; Call imperfection... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents hitt natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, call'd them from their native walk« away; When the poor exiles, every pleasure past. Hung round t Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against providence; Call imperfection... | |
 | William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 384 pages
...torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be content ':' 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."— POPE. HAPPENING, a few days ago, to take up a volume of Lord Erskine's speeches, I was peculiarly struck... | |
 | William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 384 pages
...torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be content "s 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."—POPE. HAPPENING, a few days ago, to take up a volume of Lord Erskine's speeches, I was... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 424 pages
...: Himself alone high Heav'n's peculiar care, Alone made happy when he will, and where ? Warburton. But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. IV. Go, wiser thou ! and, in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; COMMENTARY.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 pages
...: Himself alone high Heav'n's peculiar care, Alone made happy when he will, and where 1 Warburton. But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. IV, Go, wiser thou ! and, in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; COMMENTARY.... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be content 's 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. 4. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
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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. 
