 Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next ;...  Solitude - Page 347de Johann Georg ritter von Zimmermann - 1819 - 368 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 316 pages
...in whate'er degree, And height of hliss hut height of charity. 3QO Self-love hut serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pehhle stirs the peaceful...lake; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, 365 Another still, and still another spreads; Friend, parent, neighhour, first it will emhrace; His... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle...still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race ; Wide and more wide,... | |
 | Henry St (1st visct. Bolingbroke.) - 1808 - 434 pages
...sublime refinements that per vert it. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake : The centre mov'd, a circle...still, and still another spreads : Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race. 1 • • • i • .... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle...still, and still another spreads; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race ; Wide and more wide,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 540 pages
...rise from individual to the whole Self-love but serves the virtuous mind td wake As the small pebbl* stirs the peaceful lake The centre movd a circle straight succeeds Another still and still another spreads Friead parent neighbour first it will embrace His country next and next all human race Wide and more... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 542 pages
...serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake : The centre raov'd, a circle straight succeeds; Another still, and still another spreads. Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next; and next, all human race: Wide, and more wide... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...Individual to the Whole, [soul Self-love '.jut serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle...still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace; rlis country next ; and next all human race: Wide and more wide,... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1809 - 486 pages
...refinements that pervert $. S«lf»Iove but serves the virtuous mind to wake ; As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake. The centre. mov'd, a circle...still, and still another spreads : Friend, pa'rent, neighbour, first it will embrace, His country next, and next all human race. So sings our friend Pope,... | |
 | Henry St. John (1st visct. Bolingbroke.) - 1809 - 480 pages
...sublime refinements that pervert it Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake ; As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake. The centre mov'd, a circle...still, and still another spreads: Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace, His country next, and nextall human race. So sings our friend Pope,... | |
 | John Corry - 1809 - 236 pages
...selfish distinctions among men. " Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; The centre mov'd, a circle...succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friends, parents, kindred, first it will embrace ; His country next; and next, all human race : Wide,... | |
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