 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.  Memoir of the Life and Writings of Mrs. Hemans - Seite 197von Harriet Mary Browne Owen - 1839 - 336 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Daniel Denton - 1845 - 106 Seiten
...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.—Pope. Note 11, page 11. MARRIAGE AND POLYGAMY. IT is an universal custom among the Indians,... | |
 | Harry Hieover - 1846 - 490 Seiten
...this said august personage generally considers himself entitled to : I am not exactly of the opinion of the poor Indian, " Who thinks, admitted to that...equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company :" but I do consider that no greater right was awarded to me to ill-use an animal than was given to... | |
 | Mrs. Percy Sinnett - 1846 - 176 Seiten
...heaven,— Some safer land, in depth of woods embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste : He thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company." N the foregoing Sketches of Primitive Races, we have not attempted to give a complete enumeration of... | |
 | Mary Milner - 1846 - 808 Seiten
...thirst for gold. To BE, contents his uninform'd desire, He knows no angel's wing, no seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky His FAITHFUL DOG shall bear him company." o many well-attested facts benr witness to the marvellous sagacity and fidelity of the dog, that we... | |
 | Johann J. Winckelmann - 1956 - 632 Seiten
...,,Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind . . . But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company." Vgl. auch Nr. 899; 529. W. hat Popes Gedicht, eigener Aussage nach (Nr. 488), einst fast auswendig... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 Seiten
...thirst for gold ! To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; no 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... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...(Fr. Epistle I) 77 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. (Fr. Epistle I) 78 Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is Man.... | |
 | H. P. Blavatsky - 1994 - 1712 Seiten
...believe with the Indian of Pope, whose "untutored mind" can only picture to himself a heaven where ". . . admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company." * Space fails us to present the speculative views of certain ancient and mediaeval occultists upon... | |
 | Ambrose Bierce - 2010 - 438 Seiten
...the wind; His soul proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way; . . . But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Epistle i, lines 99 -102, 111-12 Another parody of these lines is found at "Severally." Hybrid ] For... | |
 | 1909 - 1308 Seiten
...thirst for gold, To be, contents his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire; He thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company." Although others will tell you that some other Indian inspired Pope to write those lines, I believe... | |
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