Alexander Pope(1688–1744)
An Essay on Man, in Four Epistles
From An Essay on Man, in Four Epistles 2
T HENRY ST. JHN, LRD BLINGBRKE 3
Is the great chain, that draws all to agree,
And drawn supports, upheld by God, or thee4
Aspiring to be angels, m e n rebel:
And w h o but wishes to invert the laws
Of order, sins against the Eternal Cause.
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