The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, Volume 1C. Cooke, 1796 |
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... facred Bard ! a mufe unknown before Salutes the from the bleak Atlantic fhore . To our dark world thy fhining page is shown , And Windfor's gay retreat becomes our own . The eastern pomp had just bespoke our care , And India pour'd her ...
... facred Bard ! a mufe unknown before Salutes the from the bleak Atlantic fhore . To our dark world thy fhining page is shown , And Windfor's gay retreat becomes our own . The eastern pomp had just bespoke our care , And India pour'd her ...
Page 12
... facred Hough long , found his fam'd retreat , And brought the Mufes to the fylvan feat , 60 65 Reform'd the wits , unlock'd the claffic store , And made that music which was noife before . There with illuftrious bards I spent my days ...
... facred Hough long , found his fam'd retreat , And brought the Mufes to the fylvan feat , 60 65 Reform'd the wits , unlock'd the claffic store , And made that music which was noife before . There with illuftrious bards I spent my days ...
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... facred Virgil fits ; And fits in meafures fuch as Virgil's mufe To place thee near him might be fond to chufe : How might he tune th ' alternate reed with thee ! Perhaps a Strephon thou , a Daphnis he ; While fome old Damon , o'er the ...
... facred Virgil fits ; And fits in meafures fuch as Virgil's mufe To place thee near him might be fond to chufe : How might he tune th ' alternate reed with thee ! Perhaps a Strephon thou , a Daphnis he ; While fome old Damon , o'er the ...
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... facred lyre Jarr'd grating difcord , all extinct his fire ? This you beheld ; and , taught by Heav'n to fing , Call'd the loud mufic from the founding ftring . Now wak'd from flumbers of three thousand years , Once more Achilles in ...
... facred lyre Jarr'd grating difcord , all extinct his fire ? This you beheld ; and , taught by Heav'n to fing , Call'd the loud mufic from the founding ftring . Now wak'd from flumbers of three thousand years , Once more Achilles in ...
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... facred page ? Three lovely virgins , and of equal age : Intent they read , and all enamour'd feem , As he that met his likeness in the ftream : The Graces thefe ; and fee how they contend , Who moft fhall praife , who beft fhall ...
... facred page ? Three lovely virgins , and of equal age : Intent they read , and all enamour'd feem , As he that met his likeness in the ftream : The Graces thefe ; and fee how they contend , Who moft fhall praife , who beft fhall ...
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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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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 70 - Here living tea-pots stand, one arm held out, One bent ; the handle this, and that the spout...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...