Read the line from An Essay on Man. Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Which line completes the heroic couplet? Correct old time, and regulate the sun And quitting sense call imitating God Know, then, thyself, presume not God to scan With too much weakness for the stoic's pride

The answer is: Correct old time, and regulate the sun

In the line from the poem "An Essay of Man," Alexander Pope examines the relationship between man and the universe. He also reflects on the power that man has achieved through the study of science and the universe, and suggests such power has made man pretend to be God.