An essay on man [by A. Pope]. With some humourous verses on the death of dean Swift, written by himself |
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What future Bliss he gives not thee to know , But gives that Hope to be thy
Blessing now . go Hope springs eternal in the human Breaft ; Man never is , but
always to be bleft . The Soul uneasy and confin'd at home , Rests , and expatiates
, in a ...
What future Bliss he gives not thee to know , But gives that Hope to be thy
Blessing now . go Hope springs eternal in the human Breaft ; Man never is , but
always to be bleft . The Soul uneasy and confin'd at home , Rests , and expatiates
, in a ...
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... he gives his Woods , To Beasts his Pastures , and to Filh his Floods ; For some
, his Int'reft prompts him to provide , For more , his Pleasure ; yet for more , his
Pride : All feed on one vain Patron , and enjoy Th'extensive Blessing of his
Luxury .
... he gives his Woods , To Beasts his Pastures , and to Filh his Floods ; For some
, his Int'reft prompts him to provide , For more , his Pleasure ; yet for more , his
Pride : All feed on one vain Patron , and enjoy Th'extensive Blessing of his
Luxury .
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Remember Man ! “ the universal Cause " Aēts not by partial , but by gen'ral Laws ;
" . And makes what Happiness we justly call , 35 Subfift , not in the good of one ,
but all . There's D 2 There's not a Blessing Individuals find , But some way Epist ...
Remember Man ! “ the universal Cause " Aēts not by partial , but by gen'ral Laws ;
" . And makes what Happiness we justly call , 35 Subfift , not in the good of one ,
but all . There's D 2 There's not a Blessing Individuals find , But some way Epist ...
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There's not a Blessing Individuals find , But some way leans , and hearkens to the
Kind . No Bandit fierce , no Tyrant mad with Pride , No cavern'd Hermit refts Self -
fatisfy'd ; 40 Who most to fhun , or hate Mankind pretend , Seek an Admirer , or ...
There's not a Blessing Individuals find , But some way leans , and hearkens to the
Kind . No Bandit fierce , no Tyrant mad with Pride , No cavern'd Hermit refts Self -
fatisfy'd ; 40 Who most to fhun , or hate Mankind pretend , Seek an Admirer , or ...
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Who fancy Bliss to Vice , to Virtue Woe : Who sees , and follows that great
Scheme the best , Best knows his Blessing , and will most be bleft . But Fools the
Good alone unhappy call , 95 For Ills are Accidents that chance to All . See
Falkland ...
Who fancy Bliss to Vice , to Virtue Woe : Who sees , and follows that great
Scheme the best , Best knows his Blessing , and will most be bleft . But Fools the
Good alone unhappy call , 95 For Ills are Accidents that chance to All . See
Falkland ...
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الصفحة 9 - With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err...
الصفحة 30 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
الصفحة 10 - Created half to rise, and half to fall: Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world!
الصفحة 27 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.
الصفحة 28 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave.
الصفحة 2 - Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know ? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer ? Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, "Tis ours to trace him only in our own.
الصفحة 10 - Man, but for that, no action could attend, And, but for this, were active to no end: Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot: Or, meteor-like, flame lawless through the void, Destroying others, by himself destroy'd.
الصفحة 27 - The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd. " What differ more (you cry) than crown and cowl !" I'll tell you, friend ! a wise man and a fool.
الصفحة 18 - Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
الصفحة 1 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot Folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.