 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.  Zoological Recreations - Стр. 303авторы: William John Broderip - 1847 - Страниц: 380Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Daniel Tyerman, George Bennet - 1832 - Страниц: 308
...Some safer world in depth of woods embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's...equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company." ESSAY ON MAN. — EPIST. I. Alas ! such a race of " Indians " never existed any where on the face of... | |
 | Samuel B. EMMONS - 1832 - Страниц: 168
...torment, no Christians thirst for gold! To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wings, no seraph's fire; 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1832 - Страниц: 260
...torment, no Christians thirst for gold. 5 To BE, contents his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wing1, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | Laurence Sterne, Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - Страниц: 542
...untamed World in depth of woods embraced— Some happier Island in the watery waste — And where, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful Dog shall bear him company. In a word, by thus introducing an entire new set of objects to his imagination, I shall unavoidably... | |
 | F. B. Miller - 1833 - Страниц: 220
...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...equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company." " They have strange ideas, in many respects, upon the subject of future enjoyment. In another world,... | |
 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - 1833 - Страниц: 250
...make up a meritorious character. Even the beasts have their part of paradise, for the Indian — ' Thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company:' And not his dog only, but the whole race of animals, including an abundance of excellent game, of every... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1834 - Страниц: 238
...torment, no Christians thirst for gold. 5. To BE, contents his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wings, no seraph's fire : But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - Страниц: 350
...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... | |
 | Isaac Dowd Williamson - 1836 - Страниц: 264
...true devotion, hopes for an humble heaven where "No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold; And thinks admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company." With thig he is satisfied upon that head. His pleasures are mostly physical, and he looks to the chase... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - Страниц: 448
...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...equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
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