The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements, Volumen 5 |
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And is not mine , my friend , a sorer case , When ev'ry coxcomb perks them in my
face ? A. Good friend ! forbear ; you deal in dang'rous I'd never name queens ,
ministers , or kings ; [ things ; Keep close to ears , and those let asses prick , ' Tis
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And is not mine , my friend , a sorer case , When ev'ry coxcomb perks them in my
face ? A. Good friend ! forbear ; you deal in dang'rous I'd never name queens ,
ministers , or kings ; [ things ; Keep close to ears , and those let asses prick , ' Tis
...
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The shops shut up in ev'ry street , And fun'rals black'ning all the doors , And yet
more melancholy whores : And what a dust in ev'ry place ! And a thin Court that
wants your face , And fevers raging up and down , And W * and H ** both in Town
!
The shops shut up in ev'ry street , And fun'rals black'ning all the doors , And yet
more melancholy whores : And what a dust in ev'ry place ! And a thin Court that
wants your face , And fevers raging up and down , And W * and H ** both in Town
!
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Talk what you will of taste , my friend ! you'll find Two of a face as soon as of a
mind , Why of two brothers , rich and restless , one 270 Ploughs , burns , manures
, and toils from sun to sun ; The other slights for women , sports and wines , All ...
Talk what you will of taste , my friend ! you'll find Two of a face as soon as of a
mind , Why of two brothers , rich and restless , one 270 Ploughs , burns , manures
, and toils from sun to sun ; The other slights for women , sports and wines , All ...
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A face untaught to feign ; a judging eye , That darts severe upon a rising lie , And
strikes a blush thro ' frontless flattery . All this thou wert ; and being this before ,
Know kings and fortune cannot make thee more . Then scorn to gain a friend by ...
A face untaught to feign ; a judging eye , That darts severe upon a rising lie , And
strikes a blush thro ' frontless flattery . All this thou wert ; and being this before ,
Know kings and fortune cannot make thee more . Then scorn to gain a friend by ...
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Yet should the Graces all thy figures place , And breathe an air divine on ev'ry
face ; Yet should the Muses bid my numbers roll Strong as their charms , and
gentle as their soul ; With Zeuxis ' Helen thy Bridgewater vie , And these be sung
till ...
Yet should the Graces all thy figures place , And breathe an air divine on ev'ry
face ; Yet should the Muses bid my numbers roll Strong as their charms , and
gentle as their soul ; With Zeuxis ' Helen thy Bridgewater vie , And these be sung
till ...
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Página 12 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 13 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Página 18 - A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Página 15 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too ! (To live and die is all I have to do :; Maintain a poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please ; Above a patron, tho' I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend.
Página 6 - And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. Friend to my life! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove?
Página 17 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Página 32 - There my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place: There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Página 8 - Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door, Sir, let me see your works and you no more. *Tis sung, when Midas...
Página 5 - A maudlin Poetess, a rhyming Peer, A Clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a Stanza, when he should engross!
Página 11 - Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure description held the place of sense ? Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme, A painted mistress, or a purling stream.