The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements, Volumen 5 |
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Born to no pride , inheriting no strife , Nor marrying discord in a noble wife ,
Stranger to civil and religious rage , The good man walk'd innoxious thro ' his age
: 395 No courts he saw , no suits would ever try , Nor dar'd an oath , nor hazarded
a ...
Born to no pride , inheriting no strife , Nor marrying discord in a noble wife ,
Stranger to civil and religious rage , The good man walk'd innoxious thro ' his age
: 395 No courts he saw , no suits would ever try , Nor dar'd an oath , nor hazarded
a ...
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My lands are sold , my father's house is gone ; 155 I'll hire another's ; is not that
my own , And yours , my friends ? thro ' whose free - op'ning gate None comes
too early , none departs too late ; ( For I , who hold sage Homer's rule the best ...
My lands are sold , my father's house is gone ; 155 I'll hire another's ; is not that
my own , And yours , my friends ? thro ' whose free - op'ning gate None comes
too early , none departs too late ; ( For I , who hold sage Homer's rule the best ...
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Away they came , thro ' thick and thin , To a tall house near Lincoln's inn : ( ' Twas
on the night of a debate , When all their Lordships had sat late . ) Behold the
place where if a poet Shin'd in description he might show it ; Tell how the moon ...
Away they came , thro ' thick and thin , To a tall house near Lincoln's inn : ( ' Twas
on the night of a debate , When all their Lordships had sat late . ) Behold the
place where if a poet Shin'd in description he might show it ; Tell how the moon ...
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9 ) In ev'ry public virtue we excel : 45 We build , we paint , we sing , we dance , as
well ; And learned Athens to our art must stoop , Could she behold us tumbling
thro ' a hoop . If time improve our wits as well as wine , Say at what age a poet ...
9 ) In ev'ry public virtue we excel : 45 We build , we paint , we sing , we dance , as
well ; And learned Athens to our art must stoop , Could she behold us tumbling
thro ' a hoop . If time improve our wits as well as wine , Say at what age a poet ...
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... In downright charity revive the dead ; Mark where a bold expressive phrase
appears , 165 Bright thro ' the rubbish of some hundred years ; Command old
words that long have slept to wake , Words that wise Bacon or brave Rawleigh
spake ...
... In downright charity revive the dead ; Mark where a bold expressive phrase
appears , 165 Bright thro ' the rubbish of some hundred years ; Command old
words that long have slept to wake , Words that wise Bacon or brave Rawleigh
spake ...
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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.