The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 2J. Balfour, 1764 - English essays |
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Page 14
... poor Indian whofe untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds , or hears him in the wind ; His foul , proud fcience never taught to ftray Far as the folar walk , or milky way ; Yet fimple Nature to his hope has giv'n , Behind the cloud - topt ...
... poor Indian whofe untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds , or hears him in the wind ; His foul , proud fcience never taught to ftray Far as the folar walk , or milky way ; Yet fimple Nature to his hope has giv'n , Behind the cloud - topt ...
Page 33
... poor contents him with the care of Heav'n . See the blind beggar dance , the cripple fing , The fot a hero , lunatic a king ; The starving chemist in his golden views Supremely bleft , the poet in his Muse . See fome ftrange comfort ev ...
... poor contents him with the care of Heav'n . See the blind beggar dance , the cripple fing , The fot a hero , lunatic a king ; The starving chemist in his golden views Supremely bleft , the poet in his Muse . See fome ftrange comfort ev ...
Page 34
... poor play is o'er . Mean while Opinion gilds with varying rays Thofe painted clouds that beautify our days ; Each want of happiness by Hope fupply'd , And each vacuity of fenfe by Pride : Thefe build as fast as knowledge can destroy ...
... poor play is o'er . Mean while Opinion gilds with varying rays Thofe painted clouds that beautify our days ; Each want of happiness by Hope fupply'd , And each vacuity of fenfe by Pride : Thefe build as fast as knowledge can destroy ...
Page 55
... poor and me ? What makes all phyfical and moral ill ? There deviates Nature , and here wanders Will . God fends not ill ; if rightly understood , Or partial Ill is univerfal Good , Or Change admits , or Nature lets it fall , Short , and ...
... poor and me ? What makes all phyfical and moral ill ? There deviates Nature , and here wanders Will . God fends not ill ; if rightly understood , Or partial Ill is univerfal Good , Or Change admits , or Nature lets it fall , Short , and ...
Page 63
... poor with fortune , and with learning blind , The bad must miss , the good , untaught , will find . Afte . ver . 316. In the MS . Ev'n while it seems unequal to difpofe , And checquers all the good Man's joys with woes , ' Tis but to ...
... poor with fortune , and with learning blind , The bad must miss , the good , untaught , will find . Afte . ver . 316. In the MS . Ev'n while it seems unequal to difpofe , And checquers all the good Man's joys with woes , ' Tis but to ...
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