Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains... Poems on Several Occasions - Página 36por Christopher Smart - 1752 - 230 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Richard Hiley - 1867 - 224 páginas
...to brighter worlds, and led the way. 6. Nature to all things fixed the limits fit, And wisely curbed proud man's pretending wit ; As on the land while...here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul while memory prevails, . The solid power of understanding fails ; Where... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 páginas
...mark that point where sense and dulness meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land...here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul while memory prevails, The solid pow'r of understanding fails ; Where... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1870 - 382 páginas
...ninth syllable : NATURE'S CONTROLLING POWER. " Nature to all things | fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd | proud man's pretending wit : As on the land...here the ocean gains, In other parts | it leaves wide sandy plains : Thus in the soul, | while memory prevails, The solid pow'r of understanding | fails... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1871 - 544 páginas
...point where sense and dulness meet. f Nature to all things fixed the limits fit, And wisely curbed proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; u Thus in the soul while memory prevails, The solid pow'r of understanding fails ;'... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 páginas
...with all their skill, they ne'er could do. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, 62 And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land...here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains; Thus in the soul while memory prevails, The solid power of understanding fails ; Where... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1872 - 382 páginas
...it falls twice after the ninth syllable : " Nature to all things | fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd | proud man's pretending wit : As on the land...here the ocean gains, In other parts | it leaves wide sandy plains : Thus in the soul, | while memory prevails, The solid pow'r of understanding | fails... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 páginas
...deep. POPE. A length of ocean and unbounded sky Which scarce the sea-fowl in a year o'erfly. POPE. So on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains. POPE. Here retired, the sinking billows sleep, And smiling calmness bilver'd o'er the... | |
| THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - 312 páginas
...mark that point where sense and dulness meet. Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. ' As on the land...here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains, Thus in the soul while memory prevails, The solid power of understanding fails ; Where... | |
| Edgar Dyke Whitmarsh - 1877 - 620 páginas
...it. — Bp. BUTLER, Analogy, pt. ic 1. Nature to all things fixed the limits fit, And wisely curbed proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul, while memory prevails, The solid power of understanding fails ; Where... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 páginas
...deep. POPE. A length of ocean and unbounded sky Which scarce the sea-fowl in a year o'erfly. POPE. So on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains. POPE. Here retired, the sinking billows sleep, And smiling calmness silver'd o'er the... | |
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