 What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heav'n pursue. VOL. III. I What blessings thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives: T  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 120by Alexander Pope - 1804Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 496 pages
...more than Heaven puifue. What Blcflinjs thy free Bounty gives, Let me not cart away ; For God is pr.id when Man receives, T' enjoy is to obey. Yet not to Earth's contra <red Span Thy Goodnefs let me bound, Or think- Thee Lord alone of Man, When thoufand Worlds... | |
 | W. M. - 1801 - 356 pages
...than hell to Hum, That more than heaven purfue. What Mefiings thy free bounty gives, Let me not caft away, For God is paid when man receives— T' enjoy is to obey. Yet not to earth's contracted fpan Thy goodnefs let me bound, Or think thee Lord alone of man, When thoufand worlds are round. Let... | |
 | Robert Hawker - 1801 - 190 pages
...the past, and fearless of the future. My " opinion is formed on that excellent maxim of " the poet, " For GOD is paid when man receives ; " T enjoy is to obey." " These are my sentiments (added my neigh" bour), and in the discharge of moral duties, " I rest satisfied... | |
 | John Disney - 1802 - 342 pages
...faithful, we obey our light, Condemning none, but zealous still To learn and follow .all CANDOUR. I LORD ! not to earth's contracted span Thy goodness let me...LORD alone of man, When thousand worlds are round. ii Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw j And deal damnation round the land,... | |
 | Hull Holy Trinity - 1803 - 72 pages
...receives : T'enjoy is to obey. Yet not to Earth's contracted fpan Thy goodnefs let me bound, Or think the Lord alone of man, When thousand worlds are round. Let not this weak unknowing hand Prefume thy bolt to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy 'foe. If I am right,... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...This, teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heaven pursue. What hlessings thy free hounty gives, Let me not cast away ; For God is paid when man receives, T' enjoy is to ohey. Yet not to earth's contracted span Thy goodness let me hound, Or think thee Lord alone of 111:111,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shunK 15 That more than heav'n pursue. f For God is paid when Man receives : T" enjoy is to obey. 30 Yet not to Earth's contracted span Thy goodness let me bound, Or think thee Lord alone of Man, When... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1805 - 500 pages
...done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me, more than hell, to shun, That, more than heaven, pursue. What blessings thy free bounty gives Let me not cast away ; For God it paid when man receives : T enjoy it to obey. In fine, this ode, or prayer, may be considered as... | |
 | Esther Milnes Day, Thomas Lowndes - 1805 - 362 pages
...cheerfully partakes of those blessings which the beneficent hand of Providence so liberally bestows. For God is paid when man receives, T' enjoy, is to obey. ^ When piety is sullen and severe, she makes but few converts ; her aspect is too forbidding to tempt... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shuu, That, more than heav'n, pursue. , ,,.. . ' What blessings thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast...T' enjoy is to obey. Yet not to Earth's contracted spaa Thy goodness let me bound, Or think Thee Lord alone of man, When thousand worlds are round ; Let... | |
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