 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...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 220by Alexander Pope - 1869 - 485 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be content's his natural desire ; Hi; asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks,...equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. 4. Go, wise<- them ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...embrac'd, Some happier island in the wat'ry waste ; Where slaves once more their native land behold. No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold,...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 Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...embracM, Some happier island in the watery waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold....desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire; 119 But thinks admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. IV. Go, wiser thou!... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 454 pages
...the whole tenor of the Epistle, has chosen the former part; though Mr. Pope had immediately added, Go wiser thou, and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy...opinion against Providence. Call imperfection what thou fancy 'st such, Say, Here he gives too little, there too much ; Destroy all creatures for thy spert... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 pages
...waste : Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst tor gold. To BE, contents his natural desire ; He asks...seraph's fire : But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, Hie faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thpu ! and in thy scale oi sense, Wi'tgh thy opinion... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...embrac'd, 105 Some happier island in the wat'ry waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold....desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; no But Ver. 93. 94. In the first fol. and quarto, What bliss above he gives not thee to know, But... | |
 | John Gabriel Stedman - 1813 - 550 pages
...embrac'd, " Some happier island in the wat'ry waste ; " Where slaves once more their native land behold, " No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold,...equal sky, " His faithful dog shall bear him company. " Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense " Weigh thy opinion against Providence." For For my part... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1813 - 276 pages
...onee more their native land behold, Wo fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To 'BE, eontents his natural desire; He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's...to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him eompany. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy seale of sense, Weig^h thy opinion against Providenee ; Call imperfeetion... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...natural desire, But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire, 110 Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy...providence ; Call imperfection what thou fanciest such, 115 His faithful dog shall bear him company. Say, here he gives too little, there too much ; Destroy... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...embrac'd, Some happier Island in the wat'ry waste ; Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold.....angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to i hut equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of seose,... | |
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