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 62by Joseph Warton - 1806Full view - About this book
| Thomas Dick - Future life - 1829 - 308 pages
...safer world in depth of woods embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste, Where slaves ortee more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold, — And thinks, admitted to yon equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company." Pori;. Among the... | |
| Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...Far as the solar walk, or milky way; Yet simple nature to his hope has giv'n, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heav'n; Some safer world in depth...fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold! To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wings, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1830 - 256 pages
...Solar Walk* or Milky Way' Yef , simple nature to his hope has giv'n', Behind the cloud-topt hill', a humbler heav'n ; Some safer world in depth of woods...slaves once more their native land behold', No fiends tormenf , no Christians thirst for gold* 5 To BE', contents his natural desire * ; He asks nn angel's... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...an humbler heaven ; Some safer world in depth of woods embraced, Some happier island in the watery ribbler, the spinner, the weaver, the fuller, the dresser, with many contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph 's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...humbler heaven ; •Some safer world in depth of woods embraced, Some happier island in the watery H contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; 110 But thinks, admitted to... | |
| George Combe - Human information processing - 1830 - 732 pages
...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 thirst for gold." The organ is established. 18. — WONDER. THIS organ is situated immediately above Ideality. Dr GALL... | |
| 1850 - 510 pages
...an humbler heaven ; Some safer world in depths of wood embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste ; Where slaves once more their native land behold,...fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be — contents bis natural desire : He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted... | |
| James Backhouse - Quakers - 1831 - 400 pages
...States men ; she alluded to these lines of Pope, in relation to the imaginary Heaven of Indians. ' Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment; no Christians thirst for gold.1 " -And added, in reference to some who profess to be Christians : " They do indeed thirst after... | |
| George Edmonds (of Birmingham.) - English language - 1832 - 122 pages
...the Solar Walk or Milky Way ; Yet simple nature to his hope has giv-n, Behind the cloud-topt hill, a humbler heav-n; Some safer world in depth of woods...No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. v1 *"3* v- w ^ ; JV V* W tf^/W/- V"t #***# zo -z, *./£.} t,vyt.t, r ? V* ^ V" J* V it-> a.7t, t,<,.... | |
| Samuel B. EMMONS - English language - 1832 - 168 pages
...milky way; Yet simple nature to his hope has given, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven; Some safer world in depth of woods embrac'd, Some happier island in the watery waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst... | |
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