Yet not to Earth's contracted Span,
Thy Goodness let me bound;
Or think Thee Lord alone of Man,
When thousand Worlds are round.
from alexander pope also
2006-09-30 19:00:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
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2006-09-30 19:08:12 · answer #1 · answered by AnimAsian™ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yet not to Earths contracted Span
Thy goodness let me bound
means:
God, you have not even let me see the whole planet yet....
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Or think the Thee Lord alone of Man
When thousand worlds are round
means:
I can't think that you (God) belong only to people on this planet either because there are so many other planets out there...
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In other words, he is coming to the realization that God and the universe must be alot bigger than he learned in Sunday school.
2006-10-01 02:07:32 · answer #2 · answered by rabble rouser 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it seems to say that the earth is not the only planet that exists, that he wants to feel unearthed himself so his happiness will be beyond the worldy, human type of happiness.
2006-10-01 02:05:04 · answer #3 · answered by Melody 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that God is God of the whole universe, not only earth.
There may be other worlds also in the universe, with other forms of life.
2006-10-01 04:22:42 · answer #4 · answered by yakkydoc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋