 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against th' Eternal cause. ISO Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine, Earth for whose use ? Pride answers,'...'Tis for mine : For me kind nature wakes her genial pow'r, Suckles each herb, and spreads out ev'ry flower ; Annual for me, the grape, the rose renew 135... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1815 - 680 pages
...was formed ; certainly it could not be intended for our benefit, for it is rarely even seen by us : Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine ? Earth for whose use? Pride answers, "'Tis for mine: suns to light me rise, My footstool earth, my canopy the skies." POPE. ' But do these worlds display... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...angels, men rebel : And who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against th' Eternal Cause. V. and scarce worth the sight, Shar'd among petty kings...kingdoms of the world, and all tlieir glory. This emp every flower ; Annual for me, the grape, the rose, renew The juice ncctareous, and the balmy dew ;... | |
 | Charles Richson - 1820 - 98 pages
...young — and now I am old; yet have I never seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread. 8 For me kind Nature wakes her genial power, Suckles each herb, and spreads out ev'ry flow'r. Annual,- for me-the grape, the rose renew, The juice nectareous,-smd the balmy dew ; For me,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pages
...angels, men rebel : And who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against th' Eternal Cause. V. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine, Earth...genial power ; Suckles each herb, and spreads out every flower ; Annual for me, the grape, the rose, renew The juice nectareous, and the balmy dew ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 86 pages
...wishes to invert the laws Of ORDER, sins against th' Eternal Cause. 130 V. Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine, Earth for whose use ? Pride answers,...'Tis for mine : " For me kind nature wakes her genial pow'r, " Suckles each herb, and spreads out every flow'r; " Annual for me, the grape, the rose renew... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 254 pages
...wishes to invert the laws Of ORDER , sins against th' Eternal Cause. V. Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine, Earth for whose use ? Pride answers, « 'Tis for mine : » For me kind Nature w7akes her genial pow'r , » Suckles each herb , and spreads out ev'ry flow'r ; » Annual for me ,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 268 pages
...For me kind Nature wakes her genial pow'r, » Suckles each herb, and spreads out ev'ry flow'r ; » Annual for me the grape, the rose renew » The juice nectareous, and the balmy dew ; » For me, the mine a thousand treasures brings ; >> For me, health gushes from a thousand... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1822 - 594 pages
...creation, he is not the sovereign of miserable subjects. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies thine, Earth for whose use ? Pride answers, 'tis for mine....her genial power, Suckles each herb, and spreads out every flower ; Annual for me, the grape, the rose renew The juice nectarious, and the balmy dew ; For... | |
 | John Walker - 1822 - 404 pages
...preceded by any other passion, and may therefore be allowed a forcible expression. Ask for what end tlje heavenly bodies shine, Earth for whose use : Pride...'Tis for mine. For me kind Nature wakes her genial pow'r, Suckles each herb, and spreads out iv'iy ftow'r ; Annual for me the grape, the rose, renew The... | |
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Annual for me, the grape, the rose renew The juice nectareous, and the balmy dew; For me, the mine a thousand treasures brings; For me, health gushes from a thousand springs; Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise; My foot-stool earth, my canopy... 
