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I was not born for courts or great affairs ; I pay my debts , believe , and say my
pray'rs ; Can sleep without a poem in my head , Nor know if Dennis be alive or
dead . 270 Why am I ask'd what next shall see the light ? Heav'ns ! was I born for
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I was not born for courts or great affairs ; I pay my debts , believe , and say my
pray'rs ; Can sleep without a poem in my head , Nor know if Dennis be alive or
dead . 270 Why am I ask'd what next shall see the light ? Heav'ns ! was I born for
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... Or spite , or smut , or rhymes , or blasphemies ; His wit all see - saw between
that and this , Now high , now low , now master up , now miss , And he himself
one vile antithesis . 325 Amphibious thing ! that acting either part , The trifling
head ...
... Or spite , or smut , or rhymes , or blasphemies ; His wit all see - saw between
that and this , Now high , now low , now master up , now miss , And he himself
one vile antithesis . 325 Amphibious thing ! that acting either part , The trifling
head ...
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... 345 Laugh'd at the loss of friends he never had , The dull , the proud , the
wicked , and the mad ; The distant threats of vengeance on his head , The blow
unfelt , the tear he never shed ; The tale reviv'd , the lie so oft ' o'erthrown , Th'
imputed ...
... 345 Laugh'd at the loss of friends he never had , The dull , the proud , the
wicked , and the mad ; The distant threats of vengeance on his head , The blow
unfelt , the tear he never shed ; The tale reviv'd , the lie so oft ' o'erthrown , Th'
imputed ...
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... head ; Or ev'n to crack live crawfish recommend ; I'd never doubt at court to
make a friend . " Tis yet in vain , I own , to keep a pother About one vice and fall
into the other : 35 Between excess and famine lies a mean ; Plain but 36 ...
... head ; Or ev'n to crack live crawfish recommend ; I'd never doubt at court to
make a friend . " Tis yet in vain , I own , to keep a pother About one vice and fall
into the other : 35 Between excess and famine lies a mean ; Plain but 36 ...
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... Sergeants saw , Who deem'd each other oracles of law ; With equal talents
these congenial souls , One lull'd th'Exchequer , and one stunn'd the Rolls ; Each
had a gravity would make you split , 131 And shook his head at Murray as a wit .
... Sergeants saw , Who deem'd each other oracles of law ; With equal talents
these congenial souls , One lull'd th'Exchequer , and one stunn'd the Rolls ; Each
had a gravity would make you split , 131 And shook his head at Murray as a wit .
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admire arms authors bear better Bless'd breath cause charms court dead dear death divine ease Epistle ev'n ev'ry ev’n eyes face fair fame fate father fear fire fools forms fortune gave give gold grace half head hear heart Heav'n hold honour hundred IMITATED keep kings laugh laws lays learned leave live Lord lost mean mind morals Muse nature ne'er never o'er once peace peer play pleas'd poet poor praise pride proud rage reflected rest rhyme rich rise roll round rule sense shine smile soft song soul stand sure taste tell thee thing thou thought thro Town true truth turn verse virtue whole wife worm write
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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.
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| Título | The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements, Volumen 5 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements, William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester) |
| Autor | Alexander Pope |
| Editor | T. & G. Palmer, 1804 |
| Procedencia del original | la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 2 Dic 2006 |
| N.º de páginas | 754 páginas |
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