 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; A wild,...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 218by Alexander Pope - 1869 - 485 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1848 - 540 pages
...through a much lower sphere than Milton's, there seems to be no reason for doubting his sincerity : — " Let us, (since life can little more supply, Than just...forbidden fruit. Together let us beat this ample field, Try what the open, what the coverts yield ; The latent tracks, the giddy heights explore, Of all who... | |
 | John Milton, James Augustus St. John - 1848 - 540 pages
...through a much lower sphere than Milton's, there seems to be no reason for doubting his sincerity : — " Let us, (since life can little more supply, Than just...forbidden fruit. Together let us beat this ample field, Try what the open, what the coverts yield ; The latent tracks, the giddy heights explore, Of all who... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...STATE OF MAN WITH RESPECT TO THE UNIVERSE. AWAEE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low amhition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little...flowers promiscuous shoot Or garden, tempting with forhidden fruit. Together let us beat this ample field, Try what the open, what the covert yield ;... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1848 - 460 pages
...thoughts in the " Essay on Man" are said to have been in great part suggested by his conversation. " Awake, my St. John, leave all meaner things To low...scene of man, A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, Bat vindicate the ways of God to man." Had Bolingbroke's... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1848 - 456 pages
...have been in great part suggested by his conversation. "Awake, my St. John, leave all meaner thing) To low ambition and the pride of kings ; Let us, since...scene of man, A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can. But vindicate the ways of God to man." Had Bolingbroke's... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1848 - 462 pages
...conversation. " Awake, my St. John, leave all meaner thing! To low ambition and the pride of kings ; Let as, since life can little more supply, Than just to look...scene of man, A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to man." Had Bolingbroke's... | |
 | John Mackay Wilson - 1848 - 648 pages
..."Awake, my St John!" shouted Willie— "Awake, my St. Johu ! leave all meaner thing» To low amH'tion, and the pride of kings ; Let us. (since life can little...more supply.) Than just to look about us, and to die. :' " Come, come, Willie, nane o' yer , blarney for me," said Sandy, now dis- • mounting. " Ye're... | |
 | 1902 - 664 pages
...Atterbury, to whom Pope dedicated his fine poem 'An Essay on Man,' which has this [altered] address : — Awake, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low...scene of Man ; A mighty maze! but not without a plan. Bolingbroke died childless in 1751, and was buried in Battersea Church. It is probable that on the... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...consequence of all, the absolute submission due to Providence, both as to our present and future state. AWAKE, my St. John " ! leave all meaner things To...little more supply Than just to look about us and to cfie) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 94 pages
...; ET CHEZ ALEXANDRE JOHANNEAU, LIBRAIRE, nie du Coq Saint-Honore , 11° 8 bis. 1850. LL:.. A WAKE , my ST. JOHN ! leave all meaner things To low ambition...! but not without a plan; A Wild , where weeds and flow'rs promiscuous shoot ; Or Garden , tempting with forbidden fruit. Together let us beat this ample... | |
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