...sage, JEHOVAH, Jovi, or LOUD ! 2 Thou great First Cause ! leait understood I Who all my sense confin'd To know but this — that thou art good, And that myself am blind ; 3 Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill, And, binding nature fast in fate, Left...

...sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord \ Thou GREAT FIRST- CAUSE, least understood Who all my sense confin'd To know but this that thou art good, And that myself...warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shuri, That more than heav'n pursue. What blessings thy free bounty gives, Let.nae not cast away ;...

...premised, is the conjecture of Dryden. Thou great First Cause, least understood! Who all my sense confin'd To know but this, that thou art good, And that myself am blind: Yet gave me in this dark estate, &c. " Confnsdst or didst confine :" " Qavat or didst give." What art thou, speak, that, on designs...

...fee the good. from ill ; And binding nature faft in fate, Left free the human will. What confcience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to fhun, That more than heaven purfue. What bleffings. thy free bounty gives Let me not caft away ; For...

...sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou GREAT FIRST CAUSE, least understood* Who all my sense confin'd To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself...nature fast in fate, Left free the human will. What concienee dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to slum, , That...

...in what sense we are to understand the expression 'vor Augen haben': — 'What conscience dictatea to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heaven pursue.' (Pope Str. VI.) cf. 'Lehr mich was mein Gewissen sagt, Dem Himmel vorzuziehn! Und lafa...

...Understood! 5 Who all my Sense confin'd To know but this, — that Thou art Good, And that my self am blind : Yet gave me, in this dark Estate, To see the Good from IlI; 10 And binding Nature fast in Fate, Left free the Human Will. What Conscience dictates to be done,...

...least Understood! Who all my Sense confin'd To know but this, - that Thou art Good, And that my self am blind: Yet gave me, in this dark Estate, To see the Good from 111; And binding Nature fast in Fate, Left free the Human Will. Teach me to feel another's Woe; To...

...that God has seen fit to put beyond his immediate control. " Yet left me in this dark estate, To know the good from ill ; And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will." And nothing but the free will in man has broken away from the wholesome restraints of law. His physical...

...principle, disembodied and incalculable. Thou Great First Cause, least Understood! Who all my Sense confin'd To know but this, - that Thou art Good, And that myself am blind: ("The Universal Prayer," 5-8)2 The sterile effect and bathetic triviality of Pope's attempt at metrical...