 Yet simple Nature to his hope has given, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven; Some safer world in depth of woods embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians...  Der Mensch, ein philosophisches Gedicht - Page 8by Alexander Pope - 1772 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1776 - 52 pages
...woods embrac'd, 105 Some happier ifland in the watry wafte, 4 ESSAY ON •MAN. .] Where flaves ones more their native land, behold, No fiends torment,...Chriftians thirft for gold. To Be, contents his natural dcfire, He a.fks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal fty, His faithful... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 pages
...Some fafer world in depth of woods embrac'd, Some happier ifland in the wat'ry wafte, Where flaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment,...Chriftians thirft for gold. To Be, contents his natural defire, Jle alks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal Iky, His faithful... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...heav'n ; Some safer world in depth of woods embrac'd, 105 Some happier island in the wat'ry-waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be content's his natural desire : He asks no angel's wing, no seraph'9... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 pages
...Some fafer world, in depth of woods embrac'd, Some happier if] and in the wat'ry wafte, Where flaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment,...Chriftians thirft for gold. To be•, contents his natural defire, jojj He afks no angel's wing, or feraph's fire, But thinks, admitted to that equal fky, His... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 414 pages
...Some fafer world in depth of woods embrac'd, 105 Some happier ifland in the watery wafte, Where flaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment,...Chriftians thirft for gold. To Be, contents his natural defire, Ke afks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; no But thinks, admitted to that equal flcy, His... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 392 pages
...Some fafer world in depth of woods embrac'd, 105 Some happier ifland in the watery wafte, Where flaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Chriftians thirft for gCld. To Be, contents his natural defire, He aflcs no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire ; no But thinks,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1783 - 322 pages
...Some Some fafer world in depth of woods embrac'd/ Some happier ifland in the watry wafte, Where flaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Chriftians thirft ifor gold. To Be, contents his natural defire, He afks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire ; But thinks,... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...Some fafer world in depth of woods embrac'd. Some happier ifland in the wat'ry wafte, Where flaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment,...Chriftians thirft for gold. To Be, contents his natural defire, He afes no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire': But thinks, admitted to chat equal iky, His faithful... | |
 | American literature - 1787 - 430 pages
...Some happier ifland in the watry wafte, Some fafer world, in depth of woods embrac'd, Where flaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Chriftians thirft for gold. To be content's his natural defire, He afks no angel's wing, no feraph's fire, But thinks, admitted to that... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...Some fafcr world in depth of woods embrac'd, Some happier ifland in the wat'ry wafte ; Where flaves d courts, withdraw your blaze ! Ye little ftars !...diminifh'd rays. B. And what? no monument, infcriptio defire ||, He afks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal flcy, His... | |
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