That something still which prompts the eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die, Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, 5 O'erlook'd, seen double, by the fool and wise. Plant of celestial seed ! if dropp'd below, Say, in what mortal... Essay on man, and The universal prayer - Página 32por Alexander Pope - 1860 - 47 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 páginas
...and aim ! Good, pleasure, ease, content I whate'er thy name : That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to...die ; Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, 5 Twin'd with the wreathes Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? O'erlook'd,... | |
| Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 páginas
...tical panics , SELECTION OF LESSONS IN THE TAXIOU1 KINB3 Of VERSE. LESSON i. HAPPINESS. C) HAPPINESS I our being's end and aim ! Good, pleasure, ease, content,...whate'er thy name ; That something still, which prompts th' eternal sigh, T"or which we bear to live, or dare to die ; "Which still so near us, yet beyond... | |
| Louis-Pierre Siret - 1815 - 198 páginas
...av'rice , temp'rance , pour avarice temperance. CHOIX DE POÉSIE ANGLAISE. On Happiness (a). • Он happiness ! our being's end and aim ! Good , pleasure...whate'er thy name : That something still which prompts th'eternal sigh , For which we hear to live , or dare to die , Which still so near us , yet beyond... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 páginas
...and wise." , PAY, rf SECTION, III. THE ROAI> TO HAPPINESS OPEN TO AM, HEN. " OH happiness! our beings end and aim ! • Good, pleasure, ease, content !...whate'er thy name ; That something still which prompts tlf eternal sighFor which we bear to live, or dare to die ; Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 páginas
...suffice To make men moral, good, and wise." CAY. SECTION III. The road to happiness open to all men. Oa happiness ! our being's end and aim ! Good, pleasure, ease, content ! whate'er thy n:imv. ; That something still, which prompts t h' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare... | |
| 1818 - 266 páginas
...subjoined, though perhaps an apology is due for transcribing lines impressed on every English memory. Oh Happiness ! our being's end and aim ! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content ! whate'er thy name l That something still, which prompts th' eternal sigh For which we bear to live, or dare to die ;... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 páginas
...hereafter, ver. 3%, &c. EPISTLE IV. On Happiness ! oor heing's end and aim ! Good, pleasore, case, content ! whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts the eternal sigh For which we hear to live, or dare to die • Which still so near u-, yet lnlyond us lies, O'er]ook'd, seen douhle,... | |
| 1819 - 780 páginas
...end her days in peace with Heaven. WILLIAM CHARLES DYKU. ,, .. Doctors' Commons, Mr. URBAN, Sfpl u O Happiness ! our being's end and aim ! Good, pleasure, ease, content, whate'er thy name. AS Happiness is the professed object of all mankind, however various or mistaken may be the means pursued... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 páginas
...consists in a conformity to the order of Providence here, and a resignation to it here and hereafter. OH M+ tli' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die, Wliich still so near us, yet beyond us... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1820 - 80 páginas
...in a conformity to the, order of Providence here, and to a resignation to it here and uereailer. OH HAPPINESS! our being's end and aim! Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate'er thy name: r ESSAY ON MAN. 47 That something slill which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live,... | |
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