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 - 1824 - 84 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 !...be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wings, no seraph's fire ; 110 But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog slyill bear... | |
| Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 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!...be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wings, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1825 - 270 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 ; Call imperfection... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 460 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. 4. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...onee more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be, eontents Talgol, mortal foe to eows, Never got aught of him...sueh as he Had lent, repaid with usury. Yet Talgol eompany. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy seale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against providenee ; Call imperfeetion... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...embraced, 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 ; 110 But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. IV. Go, wiser... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1825 - 316 pages
...Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends toiment, no Christians thirst for gold. He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks,...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... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 286 pages
...Where slaves once more their native land behold, No flends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. 5 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... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pages
...slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. 5. I'o 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... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 224 pages
...The soul, uneasy, and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. 5. To BE, content" his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wing, no seraph'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... | |
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