 Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flowery lawn: Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own and raptures swell...  An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... - Page 94by Joseph Warton - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Mabel Dodge Holmes - 1921 - 202 pages
...this claim that the great end of creation is human happiness, Pope replies with a series of questions. "Has God, thou fool! work'd solely for thy good, Thy...thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spreads the flow'ry lawn; Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 424 pages
...nothing stands alone ; The chain holds on, and where it ends, unknown. Has God, thou fool ! worked solely for thy good, Thy joy, thy pastime, thy attire,...thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spreads the flowery lawn. Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1926 - 310 pages
...borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return. 20 The chain holds on, and where it ends, unknown. Has God, thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good, Thy...feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn: 30 Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1926 - 306 pages
...break, and to that sea return. ao , ALEXANDER POPE The chain holds on, and where it ends, unknown. Has God, thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good, Thy joy, thy pastime, thy attire,~thyfobd ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn :... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...; All serv'd, all serving! nothing stands alone; 25 The chain holds on, and where it ends, unknown. Has God, thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good, Thy...feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn. 30 Epistle III. Of the NATURE and STATE of Man with respect to SOCIETY [P]. 1 ff. The... | |
 | François Leydet - Nature - 1988 - 230 pages
...In the attitude he expressed he was well ahead of his time. He was even ahead, I am afraid, of ours: Has God, thou fool! work'd solely for thy good, Thy...thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spreads the flowery lawn. Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates... | |
 | Gregor von Rezzori - Fiction - 1988 - 684 pages
...presso la sua cattedra: con il braccio proteso verso di lui, con l'indice a lui levato, cominciai: <Has God, thou fool! work'd solely for thy good, Thy joy, thy pastime, thy attire, thy food (ora, come mi aveva insegnato Miss Fern, rivolto all'uditorio!) Who for thy table feeds the wanton... | |
 | Matt Cartmill - History - 1996 - 352 pages
...animals were made to benefit man, Pope insisted, man was likewise made for the benefit of the animals. Has God, thou fool! work'd solely for thy good, Thy joy, thy pastime, thy attire, thy food? . . . While Man exclaims, "See all things for my use!" "See man for mine!" replies a pamperM goose;... | |
 | Timothy Morton - Cooking - 2000 - 304 pages
...beast; All serve'd, all serveing! nothing stands alone, The chain holds on, and where it ends unknown. "Has god, thou fool! work'd solely for thy good, Thy...feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn. Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings:... | |
 | David Mazel - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 388 pages
...from the point of view of the whole rather than from that of man's own particular needs or desires: Has God, thou fool! work'd solely for thy good. Thy...thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spreads the flowery lawn. Is it for thec the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates... | |
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