 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 pàgines
...God's unjust ; . If man alone engross not Heaven's high care, Alone made perfect here, immortal there : Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, Re-judge...rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 pàgines
...God's unjust ; If man alone engross not Heaven's high care, Alone made perfect here, immortal there : Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, Re-judge...rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pàgines
...God's unjust ; If Man alone engross not Heav'n's high care, Alone made perfect here, immortal there : Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, Re-judge his justice, be the GOD of GOD. In Pride, in reas'ning Pride, our error lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pàgines
...what thou fanciest such ; Say here he gives too little, there too much — 6. In pride, in rcas'ning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes ; Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pàgines
...perfect here, immortal there: Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, He-judge his justice, he / / x / blest ahodes, Men would he angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to he gods, if angels fell, Aspiring... | |
 | Matthew Blagden Hale (Bishop of Perth, Australia.) - 1839 - 444 pàgines
...and cavil at God's method, whatever it is he is pleased to adopt in his proceedings towards us, to " Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, Rejudge his justice, be the God of God." We may not indeed climb the highest heights of daringness, that we may directly quarrel with the divine... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pàgines
...'s unjust ; If man alone engross not Heaven's high care, Alone made perfect here, immortal there : ! skie«. Pride still is aiming at the blest abode«, Men would be angels, angels would be god«. Aspiring... | |
 | George Campbell - 1841 - 416 pàgines
...men, angels, and gods, you have in the two following couplets : Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes ; MEN would be ANGELS, || ANGELS would be GODS....GODS, || if ANGELS fell ; — Aspiring to be ANGELS, || HEN rebel.f The like varied opposition in the words principles, means, and ends, may be observed... | |
 | Samuel Davies, Albert Barnes - 1841 - 594 pàgines
...punishment he ought to inflict upon them 1 Sinners ! dare you usurp this high province 1 Dare you " Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, Rejudge his justice, be the god of God ! " * Rather stand at the bar, ye criminals ! that is your place. Do not dare to ascend the throne... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1842 - 262 pàgines
...thou fanciest such ; Say here he gives too little, there too much. — 6 In pride, in reas'ning prije, our error lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes ; Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring... | |
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In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. 
