The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir and NotesAmerican News Company, 1899 - 485 pages |
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... appears by a letter to Steele , dated November 16 , 1712 , that he first communicated to him at that time , " The Temple of Fame , " though he had written it two years before . The descriptive powers of Pope are much more visible and ...
... appears by a letter to Steele , dated November 16 , 1712 , that he first communicated to him at that time , " The Temple of Fame , " though he had written it two years before . The descriptive powers of Pope are much more visible and ...
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... appears in all the works of antiquity : and it ought to preserve some relish of the old way of writing ; the con ... appear rather done by chance than on design , and sometimes is best shown by inference ; lest by too much study to ...
... appears in all the works of antiquity : and it ought to preserve some relish of the old way of writing ; the con ... appear rather done by chance than on design , and sometimes is best shown by inference ; lest by too much study to ...
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... appear , The various seasons of the rolling year ; And what is that , which binds the radiant sky , Where twelve fair signs in beauteous order lie ? DAMON . Then sing by turns , by turns the Muses sing ; Now hawthorns blossom , now the ...
... appear , The various seasons of the rolling year ; And what is that , which binds the radiant sky , Where twelve fair signs in beauteous order lie ? DAMON . Then sing by turns , by turns the Muses sing ; Now hawthorns blossom , now the ...
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... appears , A wondrous tree that sacred monarchs bears ; Tell me but this , and I'll disclaim the prize , And give the conquest to thy Sylvia's eyes . DAPHNIS . Nay tell me first , in what more happy fields The thistle springs , to which ...
... appears , A wondrous tree that sacred monarchs bears ; Tell me but this , and I'll disclaim the prize , And give the conquest to thy Sylvia's eyes . DAPHNIS . Nay tell me first , in what more happy fields The thistle springs , to which ...
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... appear ! Descending gods have found Elysium here . In woods bright Venus with Adonis stray'd , And chaste Diana haunts the forest - shade . Come , lovely nymph , and bless the silent hours , When swains from shearing seek their nightly ...
... appear ! Descending gods have found Elysium here . In woods bright Venus with Adonis stray'd , And chaste Diana haunts the forest - shade . Come , lovely nymph , and bless the silent hours , When swains from shearing seek their nightly ...
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Adrastus ancient bard Bavius beauty behold blest breast charms Cibber court cried critics crown'd divine Dryope Dulness Dunciad e'er eclogue EPISTLE Essay on Criticism eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flame flowers fool genius gentle give glory goddess gods grace happy hath head heart Heaven hero honour Iliad John Dennis king knave learn'd learned Leonard Welsted LEWIS THEOBALD live lord mankind Matthew Concanen mind mortal muse nature ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er once passion pastoral plain pleased pleasure poem poet Pope praise pride proud queen rage rise round sacred Sappho satire sense shade shine sighs silvan sing skies soft soul sylphs tears Thalestris Thebes thee Theocritus thine things thou thought throne trembling truth Twas verse Virgil virgin virtue wife wings wise wretched write youth
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Page 213 - Heaven from all creatures hides the Book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer Being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Page 219 - Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confused; Still by himself abused or disabused; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 224 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 68 - Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw; Or stain her honour or her new brocade; Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball ; Or whether Heaven has doomed that Shock must fall.
Page 214 - Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar ; Wait the great teacher Death ; and God adore. What future bliss, he gives not thee to know, But gives that Hope to be thy blessing now.
Page 69 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home ; Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Page 50 - But most by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth or rough with them is right or wrong . In the bright Muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine but the music there. These equal syllables alone require...
Page 26 - 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...
Page 218 - All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, whatever is, is right.
Page 218 - Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame ; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...