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" Nature that tyrant checks ; he only knows, And helps, another creature's wants and woes. Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings? Or hears the hawk when Philomela... "
An Essay on Man - Page 33
by Alexander Pope - 1867 - 53 pages
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The History of the Works of the Learned ..., Volume 5

Bibliography - 1739 - 480 pages
...the Powerful ftill the Weak controul, " Be Man the Wit and Tyrant of the Whole, <c Nature that Tyrant checks ; he only knows " And helps another Creature's Wants and Woes. " Say, will the Falcon Hooping from above, ' ' Smit with her vary ingPlumage, fpare the Dove ? " Admires the Jay the InfedVs...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 2

William Ayre, Edmund Curll - Poets, English - 1745 - 426 pages
...that the Pow'rful ftill the Weak controul, Be Man the Wit and Tyrant of the Whole : Nature that Tyrant checks ; he only knows And helps another Creature's Wants and Woes. Say, -will the Falcon, ilooping from above, Smit with her varying Plumage, fpare tKe Dove ? Admires the Jay, the Infect's...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 272 pages
...the pow'rful ftill the weak controul ; Be Man the Wit and Tyrant of the whole : 50 Nature that Tyrant checks ; He only knows, And helps another creature's wants and woes. Say, will the falcon, ftooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, fpare the dove ? Admires the jay the infe&'s gilded...
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 274 pages
...the pow'rful ftill the weak controul ; Be Man the Wit and Tyrant of the whole: 50 Nature that Tyrant checks ; He only knows, And helps another creature's wants and woes. Say, will the falcon, ftooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, fpare the dove ? Admires the jay the infecTs gilded...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1760 - 402 pages
...that Tyranny over their fellow- creatures, confequent oa fuch a priacipto. ; Hi. Nature that Tyrant checks; He only knows, And helps, another creature's wants and woes. Say, wfll the falcon, Hooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, fpare the dove? COMMENTARY. cafe...
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Essai sur l'homme

Alexander Pope - Decision making - 1762 - 160 pages
...the pow'rful ftill the weak controul , Be man the wit and tyrant of the whole : Nature that tyrant checks ; he only knows And helps another creature's wants and woes. Say will the falcon , ftooping from above , Smit with her varying plumage , fpare the dove ? Admires the jay the infeffs...
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Essai sur l'homme: poëme philosophique par Alexandre Pope, en cinq langues ...

Alexander Pope - 1772 - 376 pages
...the pow'rful ftill the weak controul; Be Man the Wit and Tyrant of the whole : 5e Nature that Tyrant checks ; He only knows , And helps , another creature's wants and woes. Say, will the falcon, ftooping from above, 'Smit with her varying plumage, fpare the dove? Admires the jay the infcct's gilded...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 75-76

John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...the pow'rful still the weak control ; Be Man the wit and tyrant of the whole; 50 Nature that tyrant checks ; he only knows, And helps, another creature's wants and woes. Say, wil1 the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumaje, spare the dove ? Admires the jay...
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The Works of the English Poets: Pope

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 392 pages
...the powerful ftill the weak controul ; Be Man the Wit and Tyrant of the whole : 50 Nature that Tyrant checks ; he only knows, And helps, another creature's wants and woes. Say, will the falcon, dooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, fpare the dove ? Admires the jay the infeft's gilded...
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The Beauties of Pope: Consisting of Selections from His Poetical and Prose Works

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1783 - 322 pages
...that the pow'rful Mil the weak controul ; Be Man the Wit 'and Tyrant of the whole; Nature that Tyrant checks ; he only knows, And helps, another creature's wants and woes. Say, will the falcon, ftooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, fpare the dove? Admires the jay the infrct's gilded...
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