 Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.  Memoir of the Life and Writings of Mrs. Hemans - Page 195by Harriet Mary Browne - 1840 - 317 pagesFull view - About this book
 | F. B. Miller - 1833 - 220 pages
...thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company." " They have strange ideas, in many respects, upon the subject of future enjoyment. In another world,... | |
 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - 1833 - 250 pages
...make up a meritorious character. Even the beasts have their part of paradise, for the Indian — ' Thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company:' And not his dog only, but the whole race of animals, including an abundance of excellent game, of every... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 pages
...for gold. 5. To BE, contents his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wings, no seraph's fire : But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire; no But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. iv. Go, wiser thou ! and, in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | Isaac Dowd Williamson - 1836 - 264 pages
...true devotion, hopes for an humble heaven where "No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold; And thinks admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company." With thig he is satisfied upon that head. His pleasures are mostly physical, and he looks to the chase... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 pages
...thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | Truth - 1837 - 566 pages
...Where slaves once more their native land behold. No fends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. And thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.' " Why the very brutes reproach men for their ingratitude to their God. My dog looks up to me as his... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful Dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 pages
...thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
 | George Ensor - 1838 - 638 pages
...burying of arms, dogs, &c. with the dead implies the same, according to the well-known couplet : But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, • His faithful dog shall bear him company. The Mahometans are altogether bodily in their notions of an hereafter, &c. Lord Brougham continues,... | |
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