Bell's Edition, Volumes 77-78J. Bell, 1796 - English poetry |
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... o'er her favour'd isle : Behold , for POPE she twines the laurel crown , And centres ev'ry poet's pow'r in one ------ Each Muse for thee with kind contention strove , For thee the Graces left th ' Idalian grove ; With watchful fondness o'er ...
... o'er her favour'd isle : Behold , for POPE she twines the laurel crown , And centres ev'ry poet's pow'r in one ------ Each Muse for thee with kind contention strove , For thee the Graces left th ' Idalian grove ; With watchful fondness o'er ...
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... o'er his back a crooked scythe is laid , And wreaths of hay his sunburnt temples shade : Oft in his harden'd hand a goad he bears , Like one who late unyok'd the sweating steers . Sometimes his pruning - hook corrects the vines , And ...
... o'er his back a crooked scythe is laid , And wreaths of hay his sunburnt temples shade : Oft in his harden'd hand a goad he bears , Like one who late unyok'd the sweating steers . Sometimes his pruning - hook corrects the vines , And ...
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... o'er thy urn ! 260 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 265 ...
... o'er thy urn ! 260 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 265 ...
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... o'er my grotto , and but sooths my sleep : 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 : 125 And ...
... o'er my grotto , and but sooths my sleep : 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 : 125 And ...
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... o'er the garden gates , In life's cool ev'ning satiate of applause , Nor 4 fond of bleeding ev'n in Brunswick's cause . 10 5 A voice there is , that whispers in my ear , ( ' Tis Reason's voice , which sometimes one can hear ) * " Friend ...
... o'er the garden gates , In life's cool ev'ning satiate of applause , Nor 4 fond of bleeding ev'n in Brunswick's cause . 10 5 A voice there is , that whispers in my ear , ( ' Tis Reason's voice , which sometimes one can hear ) * " Friend ...
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Page 142 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Page 40 - 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...
Page 45 - Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
Page 235 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Page 40 - 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...
Page 205 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Page 64 - ... for half a year or more, the common newspapers, in most of which they had some property, as being hired writers, were filled with the most abusive falsehoods and scurrilities they could possibly devise...
Page 34 - They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Page 44 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Page 36 - All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks." Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door, Sir, let me see your works and you no more. Tis sung, when Midas...