Know then thyself presume not God to scan
- DMI number:
- 30399
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Know then thyself presume not God to scan
- Last Line:
- The glory jest and riddle of the world
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Epistle
- Themes:
- Fate / fortune / providence and God
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Essay on Man Epistle II. Twickenham edition III i.
- First Line:
- Know then thyself presume not god to scan
- Last Line:
- Tis this though man's a fool yet god is wise
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.66
- Poem Title:
- Man
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Pope. Essay on Man. Epistle 2.
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