Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him... An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... - Page 64by Joseph Warton - 1806Full view - About this book
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