 In Pride, in reas'ning 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:...  The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by himself and ... - 34 ページAlexander Pope 著 - 1847全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Colin Wells - 2002 - 276 ページ
...wielding God's scepter, the symbol of his power. Compare Pope, An Essay on Man, bk. 1, ll. 121-122: "Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, / Re-judge his justice, be the Gon of GOD!" 696. infinite relations: relationships between infinite things, that is, things that only... | |
 | John Adams - 2004 - 580 ページ
...mankind, any more than property, real or personal, any more than wives or women. In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies, All quit their sphere, and...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,... | |
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