 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little, or too much : Chaos of thought and passion, all confused ; Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 72 pages
...or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused ; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall;... | |
 | Elizabeth Missing Sewell - 1867 - 386 pages
...body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasouing but to err ; Âlike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much : Chaos of thought and passion, ail eonfused, Still by himeelf abused or disabused ; Created half to rise, and half to fall... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much : Chaos of thought and passion, all confused ; Still by himself abused or disabused ; Created half to rise and half to fall... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 pages
...or body to prefer ; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err ; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much ; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused ; Still by himself abused, or disabused ; Created half to rise, and half to fall... | |
 | Gerald A. Arbuckle - Religion - 1988 - 214 pages
...limitations of the person : Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such. Whether he thinks too little, or too much; Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus'd. . . . Great Lord of all things, yet a prey to all Sole judge of Truth, in endless... | |
 | W. E. Butler - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1990 - 196 pages
...mind or body to prefer; 65 Bom to die, and reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much; Chaos of thought and passion, all confused; Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall;... | |
 | Misia Landau - Social Science - 1993 - 222 pages
...doubt his Mind or Body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err; Created half to rise, and half to fall, Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Paleoanthropological texts speak, less poetically perhaps than Pope, of a creature "torn by conflicting... | |
 | Ruth Padel - Art - 1992 - 240 pages
...doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer. . . . Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great Lord of all things, yet a prey to all. . . .M Some seed of this vision of an essential distinction between human and nonhuman is certainly... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such season due: For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime 26 Alas! passion, all confused; Still by himself abused, or disabused; Created half to rise and half to fall;... | |
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With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and... 
