The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, Volumen 1C. Cooke, 1796 |
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... earth ; and the present fpirit of the learned world is fuch , that to attempt to ferve it , any way , one must have the conftancy of a martyr , and a refolution to fuffer for its fake . I could wifh people would believe , what I am ...
... earth ; and the present fpirit of the learned world is fuch , that to attempt to ferve it , any way , one must have the conftancy of a martyr , and a refolution to fuffer for its fake . I could wifh people would believe , what I am ...
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... earth was caft on common fand : Tofs'd up and down the glossy fragments lay , S } 10 And drefs'd the rocky fhelves , and pav'd the painted Thy treasures next arriv'd ; and now we boast [ bay . A nobler cargo on our barren coaft : From ...
... earth was caft on common fand : Tofs'd up and down the glossy fragments lay , S } 10 And drefs'd the rocky fhelves , and pav'd the painted Thy treasures next arriv'd ; and now we boast [ bay . A nobler cargo on our barren coaft : From ...
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... ; Mark the ftretch'd line , or hear the thund'ring gun . Ah ! how I melt with pity , when I fpy On the cold earth the flutt'ring pheasant ly ! 70 76 His 1 His gaudy robes in dazzling lines appear , And 12 RECOMMENDATORY POEMS .
... ; Mark the ftretch'd line , or hear the thund'ring gun . Ah ! how I melt with pity , when I fpy On the cold earth the flutt'ring pheasant ly ! 70 76 His 1 His gaudy robes in dazzling lines appear , And 12 RECOMMENDATORY POEMS .
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... earth , and beings of a day ! ' Tis thine , on ev'ry heart to grave thy praise , A monument which worth alone can raife ; Sure to furvive , when time fhall whelm in duft The arch , the marble , and the mimic buft : Nor , 10 Nor , till ...
... earth , and beings of a day ! ' Tis thine , on ev'ry heart to grave thy praise , A monument which worth alone can raife ; Sure to furvive , when time fhall whelm in duft The arch , the marble , and the mimic buft : Nor , 10 Nor , till ...
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... earth , when once this breath is fled , 15 With human transport touch the mighty dead , Shakespeare rejoice ! his hand thy page refines ; Now ev'ry scene with native brightness shines ; Juft to thy fame , he gives thy genuine thought ...
... earth , when once this breath is fled , 15 With human transport touch the mighty dead , Shakespeare rejoice ! his hand thy page refines ; Now ev'ry scene with native brightness shines ; Juft to thy fame , he gives thy genuine thought ...
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Addifon againſt beauty beſt breaſt caufe charms crown'd dæmons defign defire Dryden Dryope Dunciad Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred faid fair fame fate fatire fcene feem fenfe fhades fhall fhine fhould fide fighs filver fince fing fire firft firſt fkies flame flow'rs fmile foft fome fons foon Foreft foul fpirit fpread fpring ftands ftill ftreams fubject fuch fung fuperior fure genius grace grove heart Heav'n himſelf Homer honour Iliad infpire juft juſt laft laſt lefs loft Lord Lord Bolingbroke lyre moft moſt Mufe mufic muft muſt myſelf numbers nymph o'er occafion once paffions Phaon pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry Pope Pope's pow'r praife praiſe rage reafon reft rife Sappho ſhall Sir Richard Steele ſkies ſky tears thee thefe Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tranflation trembling uſe verfes Virgil whofe wife
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Página 61 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Página 161 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Página 170 - Of all the Causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Whatever Nature has in worth...
Página 70 - Here living tea-pots stand, one arm held out, One bent ; the handle this, and that the spout...
Página 66 - What boots the regal circle on his head, His giant limbs, in state unwieldy spread; That long behind he trails his pompous robe, And, of all monarchs, only grasps the globe? The baron now his diamonds pours apace; Th...
Página 43 - See a long race thy spacious courts adorn ; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies ! See barbarous nations at thy gates attend, Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend...
Página 68 - A thousand wings, by turns, blow back the hair ; And thrice they twitch'd the diamond in her ear ; Thrice she look'd back, and thrice the foe drew near.
Página 99 - If ever chance two wand'ring lovers brings, To Paraclete's white walls, and silver springs, O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads, And drink the...
Página 171 - The gen'rous pleasure to be charmed with wit. But in such lays as neither ebb, nor flow, Correctly cold, and regularly low, That shunning faults, one quiet tenor keep; We cannot blame indeed - but we may sleep. In wit, as nature, what affects our hearts Is not th...
Página 97 - Stain all my soul, and wanton in my eyes. I waste the Matin lamp in sighs for thee, Thy image steals between my God and me, Thy voice I seem in...