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
| John Adams - 1816 - 352 pages
...No fiends torment, no Christian thirst for gold. ' To be, contents his natural desire, "' He asks ne angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; " But thinks, admitted...equal sky, " His faithful dog shall bear him company. c( Go, wiser thou ! and, in thy scale of sense, *' Weigh thy opinion against Providence." For my part... | |
| 1817 - 314 pages
...once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be content's his natural desire; He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's...equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. O... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...embnic'd, Some liappier island in the watery waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, Nil in clouds hide them ; I have liv'd fancy'st such ; Say, here he gives too little, there too much • Destroy all creatures for thy sport... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pages
...embrac'd, Some happier island in the watery waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold....opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such ; Say, here he gives too little, there too much : Destroy ail creatures for thy sport... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1821 - 254 pages
..., Some happier island in the watry waste , Where slaves once more their native land behold , íío fiends torment , no Christians thirst for gold. ,...Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy 'st such ; Say , here he gives too little , there too much : Destroy all creatures for thy sport... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1821 - 252 pages
...thirst for'gold. To Be , contents his natural desire , He asks no Angel's wing , no Seraph's fixe ; But thinks , admitted to that equal sky , His faithful...Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such ; Say , here he gives too little , there too much : Destroy all creatures for thy sport... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pages
...Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. 3. To be, contents his natural desire ; He asks no angel's...equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
| William Oxberry - 1821 - 378 pages
...once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be content's his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's...equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company." Pof E. HAPPENING, a few days ago, to take up a volume of Lord Erskine's speeches, I was peculiarly... | |
| 1845 - 716 pages
...once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be content's his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's...equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company — we are carried back to the time of Augustus and the Elysian Fields, where the souls of the blessed... | |
| Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - 1821 - 470 pages
...embrac'd, <l 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 j " But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, " His faithful dog shall bear him company." POPE. LI V.... | |
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