 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 80 pages
...empyreal sphere, To the first good, first perfect, and first fair ; Or tread the mazy round his foll'wers trod, And quitting sense, call imitating God ; As...eastern priests in giddy circles run, And turn their hcaA* to imitate the sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rulp — Then drop into thyself, and be a... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...empyreal sphere, To the first good, first perfect, and first fair; Or tread the mazy round his followers trod, And quitting sense call imitating God; As Eastern...late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we show an ape. Could He, whose rules... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...endless error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world ! Or tread the mazy round his followers trod, And quitting sense call imitating God ; As Eastern...to rule — Then drop into thyself, and be a fool ! 30 Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admired such wisdom... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 pages
...empyreal sphere, To the first good, first perfect, and first fair ; Or tread the mazy round his followers trod, And quitting sense call imitating God ; As Eastern...late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape. And show'da Newton as we show an ape. Could he, whose rules... | |
 | Henry Dana Ward - 1828 - 428 pages
...wondrous Creature! mount where science guides. " Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides;— " Go, teach eternal wisdom how to rule, - Then drop into thyself, and be a fool!" But the apostle's exclamation is to the point: " without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness:... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 878 pages
...crown, Just writes to make his barrenness appear. Pope. This beastly line quite turn« my stomach. Id. Eastern priests in giddy circles run, And turn their heads to imitate the sun. Thus a wise taylor is not pinching, But funis at even1 seam an inch in. Swift. The nymph will have... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...first good, first perfect, and first fair; Or tread the ma/y round his followers trod, And quilting sense call imitating God; As Eastern priests in giddy circles run, And (urn their heads to imitate the sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1831 - 418 pages
...empyreal sphere, To the first good, first perfect, and first fair; Or tread the mazy round his followers trod. And quitting sense call imitating God ; As eastern...Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself, and he a fool ! Superior heings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, Admir'd such... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...empyreal sphere, To the first good, first perfect, and first fair ; Or tread the mazy round his followers trod, And, quitting sense, call imitating God; As...to rule— Then drop into thyself, and be a fool! POPE. 45. VICE AND VIRTUE. FOOLS but too oft into the notion fall, That Vice or Virtue there is none... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1832 - 86 pages
...sphere, To the first good, first perfect, and first fair ; Or tread the mazy round his foll'wers trod, 26 And quitting sense, call imitating God ; As eastern...circles run, And turn their heads to imitate the sun. Then drop into thyself, and be a fool ! 30 Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold... | |
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And quitting sense call imitating God; As Eastern priests in giddy circles run, And turn their heads to imitate the sun. Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule — Then drop into thyself, and be a fool! 
