 By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord! Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind; Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill; And...  An Essay on Man: By Alexander Pope, Esq. Enlarged and Improved by the Author ... - Page 119by Alexander Pope - 1763 - 124 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Readers - 1825 - 316 pages
...tuneful lay, Sigh Iris bless'd name—then soar away, And ask an angel's lyreSECTIOM XV. In ev'ry clime, ador'd, By saint, by savage, and by sage, " Jehovah, Jove, or Lord f f. Thou GREAT FIRST CAUSE, least understood, The universal prayer. 1. FATHER or ALL ! in ev'ry age,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1926 - 306 pages
...OURSELVES TO KNOW. [1734] THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER DEO OPT. MAX. FATHER of All ! in ev'ry Age, In ev'ry Clime ador'd, By Saint, by Savage, and by Sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou Great First Cause, least understood: 5 Who all my Sense confin'd To know but this, that Thou art Good, And... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 pages
...the rest belongs to Heav'n. 1735 UNIVERSAL PRAYER FATHER of all! in ev'ry age, In ev'ry clime adored, way went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig: 210 He lost the First Cause, least understood, 5 Who all my sense confined To know but this, that thou art good, And... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - Religious poetry, English - 1928 - 888 pages
...height I fell. THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER ALEXANDER POPE Father of all ! In every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord! Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that thou art good, And... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...Bicknell (1695?-1723), actress, sister of Mrs. Younger. Father of All ! in every Age, In every Clime ador'd, By Saint, by Savage, and by Sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord! Thou Great First Cause, least Understood! 5 Who all my Sense confin'd To know but this, — that Thou art Good,... | |
 | Royall Tyler - Fiction - 1970 - 234 pages
...great standards of their respective creeds. CHAPTER 24 Father of alll in ev'ry age, In ev'ry clime ador'd, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord. POPE ARGUMENT The Faith of the Algerines. THE Algerine doctors assert that the language of the Alcoran... | |
 | Heather Glen - Literary Criticism - 1983 - 420 pages
...have been written, Pope's 'The Universal Prayer':86 149 Father of All! in every Age, In every Clime ador'd, By Saint, by Savage, and by Sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord! Thou Great First Cause, least Understood! Who all my Sense confin'd To know but this, - that Thou art Good, And... | |
 | Paul-Gabriel Boucé - English literature - 1993 - 212 pages
...pourquoi, tant le déisme sentait encore le soufre en 1714 : Father of All ! in ev'ry Age In ev'ry Clime ador'd By Saint, by savage, and by Sage Jehovah, Jove or Lord. To Thee, whose Temple is all Space, Whose Altar, Earth, Sea, Skies One Chorus, let all Being raise... | |
 | Steven N. Zwicker - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 362 pages
...devotion and implicitly promoting religious toleration: "Father of All! in every Age, / In every Clime ador'd, / By Saint, by Savage, and by Sage, / Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!"; "To Thee, whose Temple is all Space, / Whose Altar, Earth, Sea, Skies; / One Chorus let all Being raise!... | |
 | Ronald Paulson - Art - 2003 - 460 pages
...replaces Christ. Wilkes parodied Pope's "Universal Prayer": Father of All! in every Age, In every Clime ador'd, By Saint, by Savage, and by Sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord! by turning God the Father into Mother: Mother of all! in every age, In every Clime ador'd, By Saint,... | |
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