The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2Theophilus Barrois junior, 1783 |
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... Mufe « . If I diflike it , » Furies , death and rage « < ! If I approve , » Commend it to the stage « . There ( thank my stars ) my whole commiffion ends , The players and I are , luckily , no friends . Fir'd that the house reject him ...
... Mufe « . If I diflike it , » Furies , death and rage « < ! If I approve , » Commend it to the stage « . There ( thank my stars ) my whole commiffion ends , The players and I are , luckily , no friends . Fir'd that the house reject him ...
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... Mufe's fofter art display , Let Carolina smooth the tuneful lay , Lull with Amelia's liquid name the Nine , And fweetly flow thro ' all the royal line . P. Alas ! few verses touch their nicer ear ; They scarce can bear their Laureate ...
... Mufe's fofter art display , Let Carolina smooth the tuneful lay , Lull with Amelia's liquid name the Nine , And fweetly flow thro ' all the royal line . P. Alas ! few verses touch their nicer ear ; They scarce can bear their Laureate ...
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... That leaves the load of yesterday behind ! How eafy ev'ry labour it pursues ! How coming to the poet ev'ry Mufe ! Not but we may exceed , fome holy time , B $ Or tir'd in search of truth , or fearch of Sat. II . OF HORA C E. 35.
... That leaves the load of yesterday behind ! How eafy ev'ry labour it pursues ! How coming to the poet ev'ry Mufe ! Not but we may exceed , fome holy time , B $ Or tir'd in search of truth , or fearch of Sat. II . OF HORA C E. 35.
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... Mufe take breath , » And never gallop Pegafus to death ; » Left ftiff , and stately , void of fire or force , » You limp , like Blackmore on a lord mayor's horse « . Farewell then verfe , and love , and ev'ry toy , The rhymes and ...
... Mufe take breath , » And never gallop Pegafus to death ; » Left ftiff , and stately , void of fire or force , » You limp , like Blackmore on a lord mayor's horse « . Farewell then verfe , and love , and ev'ry toy , The rhymes and ...
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... our grace at table is a fong . I , who so oft renounce the Mufes , lye , Not ' s felf e'er tells more fibs than I ; When fick of Mufe , our follies we deplore , And promise our best friends to rhyme no more ; 66 Book II . IMITATIONS.
... our grace at table is a fong . I , who so oft renounce the Mufes , lye , Not ' s felf e'er tells more fibs than I ; When fick of Mufe , our follies we deplore , And promise our best friends to rhyme no more ; 66 Book II . IMITATIONS.
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