 Who knows but he, whose hand the light'ning forms, Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms; Pours fierce ambition in a Caesar's mind, Or turns young Ammon loose to scourge mankind?  Journal - Page 40by Michigan Schoolmasters' Club - 1909Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...desires; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies, As men for ever temp'rate, i ,.!m, and wise. If plagues or earthquakes break not Heav'n's design. Why then a Borgia or a Catiline ? 1 56 Who knows but he whose hand the lightning forms, Who heaves old Ocean, and who wings... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...Man's desires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies, As men for ever temp'rate, calm, and wise. If plagues or earthquakes break not Heav'n's design, Why then a Borgia or a Catiline ? 156 Who knows but he whose hand the lightning forms, Who heaves old Ocean, and who wings... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 pages
...confusion, and •without superfluous epithets. Substantives and verbs are the sinews of language. 9. If plagues or earthquakes break not heav'n's design, Why then a Borgia or a Catiline ?f VOL. ii. F " All " All ilk arise from the order of the universe, which is absolutely perfect... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...man's desires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies, As men for ever temperate, calm, and wise. If plagues or earthquakes break not Heav'n's design, Why then a Borgia or a Catiline ? Who knows hut He, whose hand the lightning forms, Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...man's desires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies, As men for ever temp'rate, calm, and wise. If plagues or earthquakes break not heav'n's design, Why then a Borgia, or a Catiline ? 156 Who knows but He, whose hand the light'ning forms, Who heaves old ocean> and who wings... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 86 pages
...desires : As much eternal springs, and cloudless skies, As man forever temp'rate, calm, and wise 154 If plagues or earthquakes break not heav'n's design, Why then a Borgia, or a Cataline ? Who knows but he, whose hand the light'ning forms, Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 254 pages
...desires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies , As Men for ever temp'rate , calm , and wise. If plagues or earthquakes break not Heav'n's design , Why then a Borgia , or a Catiline ? Who knows but he , whose hand the light'ning forms , Who heaves old Ocean , and who wings... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1838 - 444 pages
...ntcbt, ote in öer menfcbltcben 2>ru(í „aufzeigen." 3ft Ь'Ф* nidjt eben baê, waé Pope fagt: If Plagues or earthquakes break not heav'n's design, Why then a Borgia, or a Catiline? 3)оф pope muß ben ©cbafteebary nicfjt »erftanben $abe», ober er würbe tyn дащ anbcrá... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 pages
...Man's desires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies, As Men for ever temperate, calm, and wise. If plagues or earthquakes break not Heav'n's design, Why then a Borgia, or a Catiline ? 156 COMMENTARY. . Ver. 151. As much that end, $c.] Having thus shown how moral evil came... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...some greater good in the moral, as appears from these sublime images in the following lines-. — " If plagues or earthquakes break not Heav'n's design, Why then a Borgia, or a Catiline? Who knows, but He whose hand the lightning forms, Who heaves old ocean, and who, wings the... | |
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