 Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord! Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 221by Alexander Pope - 1890 - 550 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 286 pages
...ill ; And binding nature fast in fate.. Left free the human will. 4 What conscience dictates to he done, Or warns me, not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heav'n pursue. ft What blessings thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away ; For God is paid, when man receives*.... | |
 | Bible - 1826 - 362 pages
...confined, To know but this — that thou art good, And that myself am blind. 3 What conscience dictates ' j be done, Or warns me not to do : This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than heaven pursue. 4 Save me alike from foolish pride, Or impious discontent ; At aught thy wisdom has... | |
 | Walter Burgh - Hymns, English - 1826 - 382 pages
...PRAYER. (Abridged, from Pope.) Music, at 24<A Pt. Mel. Sac. I. THOU Great First Cause; least understood ! Who all my sense confined, To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind : 2. Mean though I am, not wholly so, Since quicken'd by Thy breath ; O lead me, wheresoe'er I go,... | |
 | Anthologies - 1827 - 290 pages
...contin d. To know out this, that thou art good, And that myself am blind ; * • i * Yet gare 'ue, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill ; And...warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shuft, That more than Heav'n pursue. What blessings thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away ; For... | |
 | John Cole - 1827 - 166 pages
...sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord! Thou great first cause, least understood: Who all my sense confin'cl To know but this, that thou art good, And that myself...the good from ill; And binding nature fast in fate, What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English literature - 1827 - 276 pages
...understood, Who all my sense confin'd To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind ; 3. Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good...binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will. 4. What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun,... | |
 | D R. Thomason - 1827 - 230 pages
...and the laurels which grace far loftier brows shall have faded and fallen. CHAPTER VI. CONCLUSION. What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not...This teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heaven pursue. POPE. HUMILIATING as may be the concession, it cannot be withheld, that to convince... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pages
...all my sense confin'd, To know hut this, that Thou art good, .And that myself am blind ; --„,3 let gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from...binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will. 4 What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 308 pages
...confin'd To know but this, that Thou art good. And that myself am blind; 3. Yet gave me, in this da'k estate, To see the good from ill, And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will. 4. What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun,... | |
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