 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...thou fanciest such Say here he gives too little, there too much. — ... . 6. In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes; Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if anbel1S fell, Aspiring... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...fanciest such; Say, here he gives too little, there too much.-— In pridf, in reas'ning pride, oar error lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes; Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...God's unjust ; If Man alone engross not Heav'n's high care, Alone made perfect here, immortal there : Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, Rejudge his justice, be the God of God. In Pride, in reas'ning Pride, our errour lies ; AH quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...made perfect here, immortal there : Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, Re-judge hisjustice, ure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure ; But...Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery blest abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 430 pages
...unjust ; If Man alone engross not Heav'n's high care, Alone made perfect here, immortal there : 120 Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, Re-judge his justice, be the GOD of GOD. In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. COMMENTARY. Ver.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1824 - 84 pages
...God's unjust ; If man alone engross not Heaven's high, care, Alone made perfect here, immortal there ; Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, Re-judge his justice, be the god of God ! In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 pages
...only is perfect, and hath immortality : to which sense the lines immediately following confine us : " Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, Re-judge his justice, be the God of God." NOTES. French translator, M. 1' Abbe Du Resnel, has turned the line thus: " I1 ne desire point cette... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 424 pages
...only is perfect, and hath immortality : to which sense the lines immediately following confine us : " Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, Re-judge his justice, be the God of God." NOTES. French translator, M. 1' Abbe Du Resnel, has turned the line thus: " II ne desire point cette... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...unjust : If man alone engross not Heaven's high care, Alone made perfect here, immortal there: 120 Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, , Re-judge...Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes, Men would br angels, angels would be gods. ( Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, , Aspiring to be angels, men... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...'s unjust ; If man alone engross not Heaven's high care, Alone made perfect here, immortal there ; Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, Rejudge...; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. c Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring... | |
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In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. 
