The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips & Sampson, 1848 |
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... look ridiculous ) to think how the poor monster and mummy were dashed at their reception , and , when the cry was loudest , 1 thought that , if the thing had been written by another , I should have deemed the town in some measure mis ...
... look ridiculous ) to think how the poor monster and mummy were dashed at their reception , and , when the cry was loudest , 1 thought that , if the thing had been written by another , I should have deemed the town in some measure mis ...
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... look green in song ; These , were my breast inspired with equal flame , Like them in beauty , should be like in fame . Here hills and vales , the woodland and the plain , Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos - like ...
... look green in song ; These , were my breast inspired with equal flame , Like them in beauty , should be like in fame . Here hills and vales , the woodland and the plain , Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos - like ...
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... looks unmoved , he hopes the scaly breed , And eyes the dancing cork and bending reed . Our plenteous streams a various race supply , The bright - eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye , The silver eel , in shining volumes roll'd , The ...
... looks unmoved , he hopes the scaly breed , And eyes the dancing cork and bending reed . Our plenteous streams a various race supply , The bright - eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye , The silver eel , in shining volumes roll'd , The ...
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... looks on Heaven with more than mortal eyes , Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam , Survey the region , and confess her home ' Such was the life great Scipio once admired , Thus Atticus , and ...
... looks on Heaven with more than mortal eyes , Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam , Survey the region , and confess her home ' Such was the life great Scipio once admired , Thus Atticus , and ...
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... look more closely , we shall find Most have the seeds of judgment in their mind : 20 Nature affords at least a glimmering light ; The lines , though touch'd but faintly , are drawn right . But as the slightest sketch , if justly traced ...
... look more closely , we shall find Most have the seeds of judgment in their mind : 20 Nature affords at least a glimmering light ; The lines , though touch'd but faintly , are drawn right . But as the slightest sketch , if justly traced ...
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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.