 OH happiness ! our being's end and aim ! Good, pleasure, ease, content ? whate'er thy name : That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die, Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'er-look'd, seen...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions ... - Page 64by Alexander Pope - 1804 - 754 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1808 - 408 pages
...«im ! * '.'ill, pleasure, cuse, content, whatc'er thy name ; That something still which prompts the eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die : Which still so near us, yet beyond us Нее ; O'crlookM, seen double, by the fool and wise. Plant of celestial seed ! if drupt below, Say,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...consists ill a conformity to the order of Providence here, and a relignation to it here and hereafter. O HAPPINESS ! our being's end and aim ! Good, pleasure,...whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts the' eternal Sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die ; Which still so near us, yet beyond us... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...consists in a conformity to the order of Providence here, and a reiignation to it here and hereafter. O HAPPINESS ! our being's end and aim ! Good, pleasure, ease, content ! whate'er thy name: That some thing still which prompts the' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die ; Which... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...EPISTLE IV. OH HAPPINESS ! our being's end and aim ! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content! whate'erthyname: That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh,...to die, Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'crlook'd, seen double, by the fool and wise : Plant of celestial seed ! if dropp'd below, Say, in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...end and aim ! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content! whate'erthyname: That something still which prompts th1 eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die, Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, OYrlook'd, seen double, by the fool and wise : Plant of celestial seed '. if dropp'd below, Say, in... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...and aim ! Good, pleasure, ease, content ! whate'r thy name ; That something still which promps the eternal sigh) , For which we bear to live, or dare...die ,. Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'rlook'd, seen double, by the fool and wise;, Plant of celestial seed, if dropt below, Say, in what... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1811 - 446 pages
...the city of Zocathlan. VISITOR, No. 24. No. LXXXVII. oh Happiness ! our being's end and aim, Geod, pleasure, ease, content ; whate'er thy name : That...eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die j Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, o'erlook'd, seen double, by the fool and wise. Plant... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 444 pages
...first define what men mean by happiness, and this he does in the ornament of a poetic invocation : O happiness ! our being's end and aim, Good, pleasure, ease, content ! whate'er thy NAME. After the DEFINITION, that which follows next, in order of method, is the, PROPOSITION, which here... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 454 pages
...'first define what men mean by happiness, and this he does in the ornament of a poetic invocation : O happiness! our being's end and aim, Good, pleasure, ease, content ! whate'er thy NAME. After the DEFINITION, that which follows next, in order of method, is the PROPOSITION, which here is,... | |
 | Leisure hour, Robert Barnard - 1811 - 218 pages
...without retaining any. Ore Happiness and Pleasure. " Oh Happiness ! our being's end and aim! G'iod, pleasure, ease, content ! whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts th' etenial sigh For which we bear to live, or dare to die. " Pnpt. PLACED by Providence on the palxstra... | |
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