The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips & Sampson, 1848 |
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... dulness itself became capable of discerning ; and when at any time his performances fell short of his own ideas of excel- lence , his enemies tried him by rules of his own establishing ; and though they owed to him the ability of ...
... dulness itself became capable of discerning ; and when at any time his performances fell short of his own ideas of excel- lence , his enemies tried him by rules of his own establishing ; and though they owed to him the ability of ...
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... dulness meet Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit , And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit : As on the land while here the ocean gains , In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul while memory prevails ...
... dulness meet Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit , And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit : As on the land while here the ocean gains , In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul while memory prevails ...
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... Dulness is ever apt to magnify . Some foreign writers , some our own despise ; The ancients only , or the moderns prize : Thus wit , like faith , by each man is applied To one small sect , and all are damn'd beside . Meanly they seek ...
... Dulness is ever apt to magnify . Some foreign writers , some our own despise ; The ancients only , or the moderns prize : Thus wit , like faith , by each man is applied To one small sect , and all are damn'd beside . Meanly they seek ...
Page 86
... dulness joins with quality ; A constant critic at the great man's board To fetch and carry nonsense for my lord . What woeful stuff this madrigal would be , In some starved hackney'd sonnetteer , or me ! But let a lord once own the ...
... dulness joins with quality ; A constant critic at the great man's board To fetch and carry nonsense for my lord . What woeful stuff this madrigal would be , In some starved hackney'd sonnetteer , or me ! But let a lord once own the ...
Page 89
... dulness with obscenity must prove As shameful sure as impotence in love . In the fat age of pleasure , wealth , and ease , 530 Sprang the rank weed , and thrived with large increase : When love was all an easy monarch's care ; Seldom at ...
... dulness with obscenity must prove As shameful sure as impotence in love . In the fat age of pleasure , wealth , and ease , 530 Sprang the rank weed , and thrived with large increase : When love was all an easy monarch's care ; Seldom at ...
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Page 240 - 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 9 - 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 5 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage !' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Page 73 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day : Sound sleep by night ; study and ease, Together mix'd ; sweet recreation, And innocence which most does please With meditation. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die : Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where...
Page 249 - Know, Nature's children all divide her care; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims, "See all things for my use!
Page 98 - Soft yielding minds to Water glide away, And sip, with Nymphs, their elemental Tea. The graver Prude sinks downward to a Gnome, In search of mischief still on Earth to roam. The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of Air.
Page 246 - Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.
Page 236 - Why has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly.
Page 78 - Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness as well as care. Music resembles poetry ; in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master-hand alone can reach. If, where the rules not far enough extend, (Since rules were made but to promote their end) Some lucky license answer to the full Th' intent propos'd, that license is a rule.
Page 73 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.