 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.  The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: Imitations, moral ... - Page 44by Alexander Pope - 1787Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...astronomical term, but chiefly a military and hierarchical one, which stresses man's limitedness of purview. Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, 'Tis ours to trace him only in our own. He, who thro' vast immensity can pierce, See worlds on worlds compose one universe, Observe how system into system... | |
 | Satire - 1965 - 560 pages
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