Alexander Pope
Heav’n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below?Collection: Book
New, distant Scenes of endless Science rise: So pleas’d at first, the towring Alps we try,...Collection: Firsts
Heav’n first taught letters for some wretch’s aid, Some banish’d lover, or some captive maid.Collection: Firsts
What bosom beast not in his country’s cause?Collection: Country