AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ;... The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 187by Alexander Pope - 1890 - 550 lehteFull view - About this book
| Alexander Pope - 1736 - 64 lehte
...Things To low Ambition, and the Pride of Kings. Let Us (fince Life can little more fupply Than juft to look about us, and to die) Expatiate free o'er...not without a Plan ( A Wild, where Weeds and Flow'rs promifcuous (hoot, Or Garden, tempting with forbidden Fruit. Together let us beat this ample Field,... | |
| John Bell - 1796 - 524 lehte
...to Providence, both as to our present and future state, v. 361, &c. to the end. AWAKE, my St. John! leave all meaner things, To low ambition and the pride...more supply Than just to look about us and to die) D Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man; 5 A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild where... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 lehte
...to Providence, both as to our present and future state, v. 281, &c. to the end. AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride...to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; 5 A mighty maze ! but not without a plan : A wild where weeds and flow'rs promiscuous shoot, Or gardens... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 lehte
...religion, and make them coincide with the fundamental doctrines of revelation. J. Awake,* my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride...scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan. EPIST. IVI This opening is awful, and commands the attention of the reader. The word awake has peculiar... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 lehte
...them coincide with the fundamental doctrines of revelation. I. Awake,* my St. John ! leave all meatier things To low ambition, and the pride of kings ; Let...scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan. EPIST. IVI This opening is awful, and commands the attention of the reader. The word awake has peculiar... | |
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 lehte
...et pose la couronne sur le front vénérable de la vertu. ÉPÎTRES MORALES. Awake , my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride...to die , Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man. * POPE , cssay on raati. JLiA raison voulut un jour parler le langage de la poésie : e Ile fit une... | |
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 lehte
...pose la couronne sur le front vénérable de la vertu. EPiTRES MORALES. Awake , my St. John! leaye all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of...since life can little more supply Than just to look aboutais and to die, Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man. * i Popi, essay on man. •fi '. '... | |
| George Gregory - 1808 - 352 lehte
...hemistichs or half verses, and seems to give the reader time to breathe, as " Awake my St. John — leave all meaner things " To low ambition — and...free — o'er all this scene of man, " A mighty maze — yet not without a plan." Here the pause is finely varied, and the harmony complete, whereas in... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 lehte
...our present and future state. AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and tlie pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more...Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! bnt not without a plan ; A wild where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot, Or garden tempting with... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1808 - 526 lehte
...these objects, we form a picturesque and instructive metaphor. " Let us (since life can little else' supply; Than just to look about us, and to die) Expatiate...! but not without a plan ; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot ; A garden tempting with forbidden fruit. Together let us beat this ample... | |
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