Quote #105
Father of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
More from Alexander Pope
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- And binding Nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.
- Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
- Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge Thy foe.
- Some old men, by continually praising the time of their youth, would almost persuade us that there were no fools in those days; but unlucki…
- If I am right, Thy grace import Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way!