AWAKE, my ST JOHN ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ;... The Works of Alexander Pope ... - Page 97by Alexander Pope - 1856 - 504 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1736 - 64 pages
...Things To low Ambition, and the Pride of Kings. Let Us (fince Life can little more fupply Than juft to look about us, and to die) Expatiate free o'er...not without a Plan ( A Wild, where Weeds and Flow'rs promifcuous (hoot, Or Garden, tempting with forbidden Fruit. Together let us beat this ample Field,... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...absolute submission due to Providence, both as to our present and future state, v. 361, &c. to the end. AWAKE, my St. John! leave all meaner things, To low...more supply Than just to look about us and to die) D Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man; 5 A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild where... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...absolute submission due to Providence, both as to our present and future state, v. 281, &c. to the end. AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low...to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; 5 A mighty maze ! but not without a plan : A wild where weeds and flow'rs promiscuous shoot, Or gardens... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...them on the side of religion, and make them coincide with the fundamental doctrines of revelationT\ 1. Awake,* my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low...scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan. EPIST. IVI • This opening is awful, and commands the attention of the reader. The word awake has... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...them coincide with the fundamental doctrines of revelation. I. Awake,* my St. John ! leave all meatier things To low ambition, and the pride of kings ; Let...scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan. EPIST. IVI This opening is awful, and commands the attention of the reader. The word awake has peculiar... | |
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 360 pages
...rapine qui brave les lois, et pose la couronne sur le front vénérable de la vertu. ÉPÎTRES MORALES. Awake , my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low...to die , Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man. * POPE , cssay on raati. JLiA raison voulut un jour parler le langage de la poésie : e Ile fit une... | |
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 360 pages
...pose la couronne sur le front vénérable de la vertu. EPiTRES MORALES. Awake , my St. John! leaye all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of...since life can little more supply Than just to look aboutais and to die, Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man. * i Popi, essay on man. •fi '. '... | |
| George Gregory - Books and reading - 1808 - 352 pages
...divides the line into two hemistichs or half verses, and seems to give the reader time to breathe, as " Awake my St. John — leave all meaner things " To...free — o'er all this scene of man, " A mighty maze — yet not without a plan." Here the pause is finely varied, and the harmony complete, whereas in... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...our present and future state. AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and tlie pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more...Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! bnt not without a plan ; A wild where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot, Or garden tempting with... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 526 pages
...these objects, we form a picturesque and instructive metaphor. " Let us (since life can little else' supply; Than just to look about us, and to die) Expatiate...! but not without a plan ; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot ; A garden tempting with forbidden fruit. Together let us beat this ample... | |
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