 Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.  Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society - 621 psl.autoriai: Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society - 1884Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | John Adams - 1816 - 352 psl.
...thirst for gold. ' To be, contents his natural desire, "' He asks ne angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; " But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, " His faithful dog shall bear him company. c( Go, wiser thou ! and, in thy scale of sense, *' Weigh thy opinion against Providence." For my part... | |
 | 1817 - 314 psl.
...Christians thirst for gold. To be content's his natural desire; He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. O... | |
 | John Walker - 1819 - 734 psl.
...industry. With thèse most authors steal their woiks, or buy; Garth did not write his own Dispensary. Pope. But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Pope, f ECE, See EASE. IEF. Grief, chief, ßef, thief, brief, belief, relief, etc. Perfect rhymes,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 268 psl.
...douce image. Le bonheur d'exister suffit seul à ses vœux. Jamais des Séraphins il n'envia les IVux. But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. IV. Go, wiser thou ! and, in the scale of sensé, Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 psl.
...Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. IV. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 psl.
...Christians thirst for gold, To BE. contents his natural desire ; He asks no angel*s wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou, and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1821 - 378 psl.
...Christians thirst for gold. To be content's his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire, But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company." Pof E. HAPPENING, a few days ago, to take up a volume of Lord Erskine's speeches, I was peculiarly... | |
 | 1845 - 716 psl.
...Christians thirst for gold. To be content's his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company — we are carried back to the time of Augustus and the Elysian Fields, where the souls of the blessed... | |
 | 1826 - 520 psl.
...every tribe places it in situations, and fills it with objects, most familiar and agreeable, ' And thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog' shall bear him company.' The Osages know nothing of canoes, and we have the best authority for saying, that there is not one in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 psl.
...thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; 110 But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. IV. Go, wiser thou ! and, in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
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