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" Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul : The mind's the standard of the man. "
Soldiers and Sailors: Or, Anecdotes, Details, and Recollections of Naval and ... - Page 19
by Old Humphrey - 1842 - 340 pages
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The Manual of Liberty, Or, Testimonies in Behalf of the Rights of Mankind ...

1795 - 432 pages
...ancestors enlarge, Produce their debt instead of their discharge. YOUNG. , Satires, sat. I. WE TIE I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measur'd by my soul; The mind's the standard of the man. WATTS. Lyric Poems,part it. WHAT tho' no gaudy...
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The chaplet, poems, partly original and partly selected

Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pages
...Croesus himself can never know ; His true dimensions and his weight Are far inferior to their show. Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measur'd by my soul : The mind'a the standard of the man. HAPPINESS. The midnight moon serenely smiles...
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Poetry for children, selected by L. Aikin

Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...all his meadows roll, He 's but a wretch with all his lands That wears a narrow soul. . „ " ' 'i Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean...my soul : , . The mind 's the standard of the man ! •* -WATTS. 32 The Old Man's Comforts. THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, AND HOWHE GAINED THEM. *' You are...
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Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Volume 2

Robert Southey - 1807 - 472 pages
...Croesus himself can never know ; His true dimensions, and his weight Are far inferior to their show. Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean...with my span, I must be measured by my soul : The mind's the standard of the man. The Ant, or Emmet. THESE Emmets, how little they are in our eyes !...
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The Poetical Works of Isaac Watts ...: Collated with the Best ..., Volumes 1-2

Isaac Watts - 1807 - 410 pages
...Crocuis himself can never know ; His true dimensions and his weight Are tar inferior to their show. Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must l'e measur'd by my soul : The mind's the standard of the man. TO SAR1SSA. AN EPISTLE. BEAR up, Sarissa,...
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The History and Antiquities of Dissenting Churches and Meeting ..., Volume 1

Walter Wilson - 1808 - 584 pages
...Lyric Poems, which produced a silent tdmira.tion : " Were I so tall to reach the pole, . " Or mete the ocean with my span, " I must be measured by my soul : " The mind's the standard of the mm." HOBS LYRICS, Falte Grtatneu. ' BURY-STREtT, ST. MARY AXE. Independent....
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Enfield's Guide to Elocution: Improved and Classically Divided Into Six ...

John Sabine - 1810 - 308 pages
...sands Through.all his meadows roll, He'* but a wretch with all his lands That wears a narrow soul. Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean...with my span, I must be measured by my soul : The mind's the standard of the man ! WATTS. Homer. „ . BE Homer's works your study and delight, Read...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Watts, A. Philips ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 pages
...Cro-sus himself can never know; His true dimensions and his weight Are fer inférieur to their show. Were I so tall to reach the Pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measur'd by my soul : The miud!s the standard of the man. TO SARISSA. AN EPISTLE. BEAR up, Sarissa,...
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The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 9

Isaac Watts - 1813 - 574 pages
...Croesus himself can never know ; His true dimensions and his weight Are far inferior to their show. Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, T must be measur'dby my soul : The miud'sthc standard of the man. To SARISSA. AH Epistle. BEAR upjSarissa.thro'the...
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Tickler, Or, Monthly Compendium of Good Things, in Prose and ..., Volumes 1-3

1818 - 596 pages
...to Gass ! DR. WATTS Being looked upon .•.;•' 'i contempt for bit liuit Body, t fiake atJoUviri: Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by my soul — Tne mind's tlie standard of the man. Flesh is the vilast,...
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