 Man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, Man is not a Fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, T' inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To smart and agonize at ev'ry pore? Or quick effluvia darting...  Observations on Pope - Page 161by Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 348 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 pages
...For this plain reason — man is not a fly. 22 Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, T' inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To smart and agonize at every pore? Or quick effluvia darting through the brain, Die of a rose in aromatic... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 pages
...? For this plain reason, Man is not a fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, 195 T inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To smart and agonize at ev'ry pore ? Or quick effluvia darting through the brain, Die of a rose in aromatic... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 94 pages
...For this plain reason , man is not a fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, ig5 T'inspect a mite , not comprehend the Heav'n ? Or touch , if tremblingly alive all o'er , To smart and agonize at ev'ry pore ? mais l'âme ne fût agitée par aucune passion? Mais tout subsiste... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 168 pages
...eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, T' inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To smart and agonize at ev'ry pore? Or, quick effluvia darting thro' the brain, Die of a rose in aromatic... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...taken from Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding t Bk. II. chap. 3. sec. 12. Wakefield. T' inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To smart and agonize at every pore? Or quick effluvia darting thro' the brain, Die of a rose in aromatic... | |
 | 1878 - 446 pages
...eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, T' inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To smart and agonize at ev'ry pore? Or, quick effluvia darting thro' tho brain, Die of a rose in aromatic... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 642 pages
...eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, T' inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To smart and agonise at every pore ? Or quick effluvia darting through the brain, Die of a rose in aromatic... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 636 pages
...eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, T' inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To smart and agonise at every pore ? Or quick effluvia darting through the brain, Die of a rose in aromatic... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 632 pages
...eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, T' inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To smart and agonise at every pore ? Or quick effluvia darting through the brain, Die of a rose in aromatic... | |
 | Kathleen Knox - 1882 - 156 pages
...? 5 For this plain reason, man is not a fly. Say, what the use, were finer optics given, T' inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch, if tremblingly alive all o'er, To smart and agonize at ev'ry pore ? 10 Or quick effluvia darting through the brain Die of a rose in aromatic... | |
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