 AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ;...  An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... - Page 59by Joseph Warton - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Wilhelm Butte - Anthropology - 1829 - 644 pages
...S!erlauf$. b. ®. 3tt>etter S3 iotomie ш jweifadien ©efdjledjtéí „L«l us* — — — — — — — Expatiate free, o'er all. this scene of Man, , A mighty maze ! but not without a plan !" ,' . ' Pope. I. in betn Dptimum feineé 9¿ormalíS5erlauf$. §. 120. Äataftev bcé Gefd)lecf)t$... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...our present and future state, ver. 281, to the end. EPISTLE I. AWAKK, my St. John ! leave all meaner / h / : A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot ; Эг garden, tempting with forbidden fruit, Together... | |
 | 1830 - 658 pages
...the earth ; or is it of some antient stream that he has succeeded in tracing the undoubted pedigree ? To low ambition, and the pride of Kings. Let us, since...scene of man, A mighty maze, but not without a plan.' Need we say who this worthy is? In sober truth, he is a Curemonger, the quack-regnant of his day, infinitely... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...the Nature and State of Man, with respect to the Universe. 1 AWAKE ! my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let...more supply Than just to look about us and to die) x Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan; A wild, where... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...(Fr. Ill) FiP; HAP; NAEL-I; OAEL-1; PoEL-3 An Essay on Man 58 Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner 56—260) 65 So, Willy, let you and me be wipers Of...we've promised them aught, let us keep our promise. (Fr. Epistle I) 59 Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to Man.... | |
 | Peter France - History - 1992 - 268 pages
...tensyllable lines become twelve twelve-syllable lines in his version: Awake, my St John! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let...scene of man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot; Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit. Sors de... | |
 | John Dixon Hunt - Architecture - 1992 - 414 pages
...begins the Essay on Man with an exactly similar testimony to the congruence of idea and landscape: Let us (since Life can little more supply Than just...scene of Man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan; A Wild, where woods and flow'rs promiscuous shoot, Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit. Together... | |
 | Salim Kemal, Ivan Gaskell - Philosophy - 1993 - 296 pages
...view as the station occupied by the independent landed gentleman: Awake, my ST. JOHN! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of Kings. Let...die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man; A mightly maze! but not without plan. . . Together let us beat this ample field, Try what the open, what... | |
 | Dennis Todd - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1995 - 366 pages
...in his effort to get a purchase on the problem of the imagination, poetry, and ethical obligations: Let us (since Life can little more supply Than just...scene of Man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan; Together let us beat this ample field, Try what the open, what the covert yield; The latent tracts,... | |
 | Andrew J Davis - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 412 pages
...announced by Pope in his introduction to the inimitable Essay on Man : — " Let us (since life can \\jfie more supply Than just to look about us, and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of mail ; A mighty maze ; but not without a plan ; A wild, where weeds and Sowers promiscuous shoot, Or... | |
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