The Works of Alexander Pope: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseA. Millar [and others], 1757 - English literature |
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... fhall we imitate the laudable Spirit of those , who have ( for this very reason ) de- lighted to comment on dark and uncouth Authors , and even on their darker Fragments ; preferred Ennius to Virgil , and chofen to turn the dark ...
... fhall we imitate the laudable Spirit of those , who have ( for this very reason ) de- lighted to comment on dark and uncouth Authors , and even on their darker Fragments ; preferred Ennius to Virgil , and chofen to turn the dark ...
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... The fure fore - runner of her gentle fway . IMITATION S. VER . 54. Joy to great Chaos ! ] Foy to great Cæfar - The beginning of a famous old Song , Chromatic tortures foon fhall drive them hence , 55 Break 12 Book IV . THE DUNCIAD .
... The fure fore - runner of her gentle fway . IMITATION S. VER . 54. Joy to great Chaos ! ] Foy to great Cæfar - The beginning of a famous old Song , Chromatic tortures foon fhall drive them hence , 55 Break 12 Book IV . THE DUNCIAD .
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... fhall hum , or fnore , And all thy yawning daughters cry , encore . Another Phoebus , thy own Phoebus , reigns , Joys in my jigs , and dances in my chains . But foon , ah foon , Rebellion will commence , If Mufic meanly borrows aid from ...
... fhall hum , or fnore , And all thy yawning daughters cry , encore . Another Phoebus , thy own Phoebus , reigns , Joys in my jigs , and dances in my chains . But foon , ah foon , Rebellion will commence , If Mufic meanly borrows aid from ...
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... fhall hang at ev'ry Wit , ] How un natural an Image ! and how ill fupported , faith Ariftarchus . Had it been , A beavy Wit fhall bang at ev'ry Lord , fomething might have been said , in an Age so distingushed for well - judging Patrons ...
... fhall hang at ev'ry Wit , ] How un natural an Image ! and how ill fupported , faith Ariftarchus . Had it been , A beavy Wit fhall bang at ev'ry Lord , fomething might have been said , in an Age so distingushed for well - judging Patrons ...
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... fhall fee , When Man's whole frame is obvious to a Flea . 230 235 Ah , think not , Mitrefs ! more true Dulnefs lies In Folly's Cap , than Wisdom's grave disguise . 240 Like buoys , that never fink into the flood , On learning's furface ...
... fhall fee , When Man's whole frame is obvious to a Flea . 230 235 Ah , think not , Mitrefs ! more true Dulnefs lies In Folly's Cap , than Wisdom's grave disguise . 240 Like buoys , that never fink into the flood , On learning's furface ...
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Page 7 - The moon-struck prophet felt the madding hour : Then rose the seed of Chaos, and of Night, To blot out order, and extinguish light, Of dull and venal a new world to mould, And bring Saturnian days of lead and gold.
Page 215 - Go, then, where only bliss sincere is known! Go, where to love and to enjoy are one ! Yet take these tears, Mortality's relief, And, till we share your joys, forgive our grief: These little rites, a stone, a verse receive, Tis all a father, all a friend can give...
Page 75 - Night primaeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus
Page 184 - To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon ; Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire, Hum half a tune, tell stories to the squire ; Up to her godly garret after sev'n, There starve and pray, for that's the way to heav'n.
Page 179 - 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...
Page 155 - How think you of our friend the Dean ? I wonder what some people mean ; My lord and he are grown so great, Always together tc te a tete. What ! they admire him for his jokes — See but the fortune of some folks...
Page 84 - ... all the great characters of the age; and this with impunity, their own persons and names being utterly secret and obscure.
Page 199 - Cyprian goddess weeping Mourn'd Adonis, darling youth : Him the boar, in silence creeping, Gor'd with unrelenting tooth. IV. Cynthia, tune harmonious numbers ; Fair Discretion, string the lyre ; Sooth my ever-waking slumbers : Bright Apollo, lend thy choir, V. Gloomy Pluto, king of terrors, Arm'd in adamantine chains, Lead me to the crystal mirrors, "Watering soft Elysian plains.
Page 216 - Poets lays, Due to his merit, and brave thirst of praise Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying, fears herself may die.
Page 178 - Bid her be all that cheers or softens life, The tender sister, daughter, friend, and wife; Bid her be all that makes mankind adore, Then view this marble, and be vain no more!