 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: Moral essays - Page 5by Alexander Pope - 1757Full view - About this book
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...we are : But of this frame the bearings, and the ties, The strong connexions, nice dependencies, 30 Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, 'Tis ours to trace him only in our own. He, who through vast immensity can pierce, See worlds on worlds compose one universe, Observe how system into... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...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. He, who through vast immensity can pierce, See worlds on worlds compose one universe, • Observe ho\v system... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer ? Through worlds unnumber'd though ape, The libell'd person and the pictur'd shape ; through vast immensity can fierce, See worlds on worlds compose one universe, Observe how system into... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1820 - 80 pages
...we but his station here, ;rom which to reason, or to which refer? ihrough worlds unnumber'd, though the God be known, Tis ours to trace him only in our own. Ie. who through vast immensity can pierce, « worlds on worlds compose one universe, laserve how system... | |
 | Samuel Drew - Rationalism - 1820 - 130 pages
...— We are to think, what rational beings ought to think, that " Through worlds unnumbered, thpugh the God be known, " 'Tis ours to trace him only in our own." Christianity, with a modesty peculiar to itself, passes over, in silence, what forms no part of its... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 86 pages
...what we know ? Of man, what see we, but his station here, Prom which to reason, or to which refer ? 30 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, Sees worlds on worlds compose one universe ; Observes how system into system... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 252 pages
...what we know? Of Man , what see we but bis station here , From which to reason , or to which referé Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known , ,'Tis ours to trace him only in our own. He , who through vast immensity can pierce , See worlds on worlds compose one universe , Observe how System... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 268 pages
...see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer ? Thro' worlds unnuraber'd tho 1 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... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer ? Through worlds unnumber'd though the God be known, 'Tis ours to trace him only in our own. He, who through vast immensity can pierce, See worlds on worlds compose one universe, Observe how system into... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 254 pages
...but his station here , From which to reason , or to which refer ? Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' fhe God be known , 'Tis ours to trace him only in our own. He , who through vast immensity can pierce , See worlds on worlds compose one universe , Observe how system... | |
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