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" OH happiness ! our being's end and aim ! Good, pleasure, ease, content ? whate'er thy name : That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die, Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'er-look'd, seen... "
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions ... - Page 64
by Alexander Pope - 1804 - 754 pages
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An essay on man. Cornish ed

Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...consists in a conformity tu the order of Providence here, and a resignation to it here and hereafter. HAPPINESS! our being's end and aim ! Good, Pleasure,...whate'er thy name; That something still which prompts th'eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die ; Which still so near us, yet beyond us...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...clay, And inconsistent dreams of day. HAPPINESS. FROM POPE'S ESSAY ON HAS. On Happiness! our heing's end and aim! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content! whate'er thy name; That something still which prompts the eternal jigh, For which we hear to live, or dare to die ; Which still so near us, yet heyond us...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...aim I Good , Pleasure , Ease ,jContent ! whate'er thy name; That something still which prompts the eternal sigh, For which we bear to live , or dare to die ; Which still *o near us , yet beyond us lies ; O'erlook'd , seen double , by the fool, and wise. Plant of celestial...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...all the cares of waking clay, And inconsistent dreams of day. HAPPINESS. IBOM POPE'S ESSAY ON MAH. OR Happiness! our being's end and aim! Good, Pleasure,...to die; Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'erlooked, seen double by the fool and wise; Plant of celesii il seed ! if dropMl below, Say, in what...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...

Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...consentiens et dissentiens, consonans et dissonans, unum etiam ex omnibus, omniaque ex uno." 46. O Happiness ! our being's end and aim ! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content, whate'er thy name.* He begins his address to Happiness after the manner of the ancient hymns, f by enumerating the titles...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...

Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 pages
...consentiens et dissentiens, consonans et dissonans, unum etiam ex omnibus, omniaque ex uno." 46. O Happiness ! our being's end and aim ! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content, whate'er thy name.'1' He begins his address to Happiness after the manner of the ancient hymns,']' by enumerating...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...and aim ! ^-' Good,pleasure,ease,content! whate'er thy name : That something still which prompts the' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to...die ; Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'erloolt'd, seen double, by the fool and wise. Plant of celestial seed ! if dropp'd below, Say in...
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Drelincourt and Rodalvi; or, Memoirs of two noble families, Volume 1

Elizabeth Strutt - 1807 - 258 pages
...fashionable moderns, and the poets, can make as entertaining a tour as the best of them." CHAP. VIII. Oh, Happiness ! our being's end and aim, Good, Pleasure,...Ease, Content, whate'er thy name, That something still that prompts th'eternal sigh, For which we bear to live and dare to die, Which still so near us, yet...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 pages
...the order of Providence here, and a resignation to it here and hereafter, ver. 326, &c. EPISTLE IV. OH Happiness! our being's end and aim! Good, pleasure,...prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or da™ to die ; Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'erlook'd, seen double, by the fool and...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...And bade Self-love and Social be the same. POPE. CHAP. XV. ON HAPPINESS. OH Happiness .' our beings end and aim ; Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content ! whate'er...eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die ; M Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies, O'erlook'd, seen double, by the fool, and wise. Plant...
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