 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 company.  Letters to a Friend: On the Evidences, Doctrines, and Duties, of the ... - Σελίδα 229των Olinthus Gregory - 1829Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 1817 - 314 σελίδες
...thirst for gold. To be content's 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. 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 σελίδες
...thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire; But when't depends Not on the number, but the choice, of friends. Books should, IV. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1821 - 378 σελίδες
...thirst for gold. To be content's 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." Pof E. HAPPENING, a few days ago, to take up a volume of Lord Erskine's speeches, I was peculiarly... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 268 σελίδες
...image. Le bonheur d'exister suffit seul à ses vœux. Jamais des Séraphins il n'envia les IVux. But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. IV. Go, wiser thou ! and, in the scale of sensé, Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 σελίδες
...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 company. Go, wiser thou, and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | 1845 - 716 σελίδες
...thirst for gold. To be content's 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 — we are carried back to the time of Augustus and the Elysian Fields, where the souls of the blessed... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 σελίδες
...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 company. IV. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - 1821 - 470 σελίδες
...gold. " To be, — contents his natural 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. DAY. — (July 1 6th.) — A council was held this morning with the Sandy-Lake Indians,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 σελίδες
...thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural 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 thou ! and, in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 σελίδες
...thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural 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 thou ! and, in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
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