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 WHITRIDGE - 1826 - 298 pages
...to a world of luxury or a world of cruelty and lust, as mean and base as his own degradation — a ' He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks,...equal sky His faithful dog shall bear him company.' And, my brethren, a heaven so unworthy and so sensual, is a very different hope from that which Christian... | |
| John Aikin - 1826 - 840 pages
...Some liappier island in the watery waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, No Sends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph't 6it; But thinks, admitted to that equal iky. His faithful dog shall bear him company. IV.... | |
| 1827 - 290 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. ***** In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies.... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - 308 pages
...Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends 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 Prpvidence; Call imperfection... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - 276 pages
...Where slaves once more their native land behol, No fiends 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... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 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... | |
| Richard Henry Lee - 1829 - 416 pages
...more their native land behold ; No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be content 'a his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, J 896 LIFE OF Mr. Pope is speaking of the South-American ; but our Indians hav*e got the idea that... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, ; 110 But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. IV. Go wiser... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1830 - 244 pages
...slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold, i. To BK, contents his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wing,...But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful clog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 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....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 company. Happines»,... | |
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