The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips & Sampson, 1848 |
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... fools ; by flatterers besieg'd ; And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd : Like Cato give his little senate laws , And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise , And wonder with a foolish face of ...
... fools ; by flatterers besieg'd ; And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd : Like Cato give his little senate laws , And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise , And wonder with a foolish face of ...
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... fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many more in prose . ' Tis with our judgments as our watches ; none Go just alike , yet each believes his own . In poets as true genius is but rare , True taste as seldom is ...
... fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many more in prose . ' Tis with our judgments as our watches ; none Go just alike , yet each believes his own . In poets as true genius is but rare , True taste as seldom is ...
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... fools : In search of wit these lose their common sense , And then turn critics in their own defence : Each burns alike , who can , or cannot write , Or with a rival's or an eunuch's spite . All fools have still an itching to deride ...
... fools : In search of wit these lose their common sense , And then turn critics in their own defence : Each burns alike , who can , or cannot write , Or with a rival's or an eunuch's spite . All fools have still an itching to deride ...
Page 84
... 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 , Though oft the ear the open vowels tire ...
... 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 , Though oft the ear the open vowels tire ...
Page 86
... fools , so wise we grow ; Our wiser sons , no doubt , will think us so . Once school - divines this zealous isle o'erspread ; 410 Who knew most sentences was deepest read : Faith , Gospel , all , seem'd made to be disputed , And none ...
... fools , so wise we grow ; Our wiser sons , no doubt , will think us so . Once school - divines this zealous isle o'erspread ; 410 Who knew most sentences was deepest read : Faith , Gospel , all , seem'd made to be disputed , And none ...
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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.