 Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert...  Murray's English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the ... - 281. oldalszerző: Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1825 - 302 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 oldal
...the skies. Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be...: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sine against the Eternal Cause 130 V. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine, Earth for whose use... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1836 - 264 oldal
...into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes ; Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel : And who bat wishes to invert the laws Of ORDER, sins against th' ETERNAL CAUSE. — POPE. SECTION X. Selfishness... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 oldal
...into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be...the laws Of ORDER, sins against th' Eternal Cause. THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS SOUL.— Pope. Vital spark of heavenly flame, Quit, oh quit this mortal... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 oldal
...into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be...the laws Of order, sins against th' Eternal Cause. ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF AN UNFORTUNATE LADY. WHAT beckoning ghost, along the moon-light shade, Invites... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 276 oldal
...into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes ; Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be...invert the laws Of ORDER, sins against th' ETERNAL CAUSE.—POPE. But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. f SECTION... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 oldal
...into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be...men rebel : And who but wishes to invert the laws s Of order, sins against th' Eternal Caus.e. ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OP AN UNFORTUNATE LADY. WHAT beckoning... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 oldal
...into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes ; Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be...the laws Of ORDER, sins against th' ETERNAL CAUSE. 22 LESSON CXXV. The Nature of True Eloquence. — D. WEBSTER. 1. WHEN public bodies are to be addressed... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1838 - 338 oldal
...on Man: " Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, MEN would be ANGELS, II ANGELS would be gods ; Aspiring to be GODS, || if ANGELS FELL, Aspiring to be ANGELS, || MEN rebel." Scholium. No figure has, perhaps, been so anxiously sought, and with so little success, as antithesis.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1839 - 276 oldal
...into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes ; Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be...the laws Of ORDER, sins against th' ETERNAL CAUSE. — POK. SECTION X. Stlfiihneis reproved. HAS God, thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good, Thy joy,... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1839 - 262 oldal
...before ?" In the middle of the second foot, the pause may be used, but it produces little melody. " And who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against the eternal cause." Harmony is produced by a proportion between the members of the same verse, or between... | |
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