 | Catherine George Ward - 1824 - 720 pages
...charity. All must be false that thwart this one great end , And all of God, that bless mankind or mend. Man, like the generous vine, supported lives ! The strength he gains is from the embrace he gi'es." POPE. IF such were the sensations of Benvolio, towards my sister, as I have... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...All most be false, that thwarts this one great end ; And all of God, that bless mankind, or mend. 310 Man, like the generous vine, supported lives : The strength he gains is from th' embrace he gives, On their own axis as the planets run, Yet make at once their circle round the eon; So two consistent... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...world ; Heaven's whole foundations to their centre nod, And Nature tremble to the throne of God. All this dread order break — for whom ? for thee ? Vile worm ! — O madness ! pride ! impiety ! 9. What if the foot, ordain'd the dust to tread, Or hand to toil, aspired to be the head ? What if... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...eharity : All must be false that thwart this one great end ; And all of God, that bless mankind, or mend. h'd, or eternal being To undergo eternal punishment ? Whereto with speedy words embraee he gives. On their own axis as the planets run, Yet make at onee their eirele round the sun... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 190 pages
...triumphant and august What are they The most happy strange to say Convince me most of human misery. All this dread order break for whom for thee Vile worm...vine supported lives The strength he gains is from the embrace he gives Know nature s children all divide her care The fur that warms a monarch warm da... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 184 pages
...strange to say Convince mi: most of human misery. All this dread order break for whom for thee Vilfi worm O madness pride impiety Man like the generous...vine supported lives The strength he gains is from the embrace he gives Know nature 9 children all divide her care The fur that warms a monarch warm da... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...: All must be false that thwarts this one great rnd ; And all of God, that bless mankind, or mend. Man, like the generous vine, supported lives : The strength he gains is from th' embrace he p* On their own axis as the planets run. Yet make at once their circle round tbe Sun ; So two consistent... | |
 | Thomas Brown - Intellect - 1826 - 522 pages
...Chap. V. Heaven's whole foundations to their centre nod, And nature trembles to the throne of God. All this dread order break — for whom ? For thee, ^ Vile worm ! — O ! madness, pride, impiety."* What should we think of him, who, fixing his whole attention on the dim figures in the background of.... | |
 | James Lawson Drummond - 1826 - 420 pages
...other ways than in barely giving a support. Pope's allusion to the vine may be more than poetical. Man like the generous vine supported lives: The strength he gains is from the embrace he gives. It may happen that a plant will require the aid of tendrils when young, but not... | |
 | Anthologies - 1827 - 290 pages
...thwart this one great end, And all of God, that bless mankind or mend. ' ***** Man, like the gen'rous vine, supported lives ; The strength he gains is from th' embrace he gives ***** No bandit fierce, no tyrant mad with pride No cavern'd hermit, rest self-satisfied. Who most... | |
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Man, like the generous vine, supported lives ; The strength he gains is from th' embrace he gives. On their own axis as the planets run, Yet make at once their circle round the sun ; So two consistent motions act the soul, And one regards itself, and... 
