The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements. From the text of dr. Warburton. With the life of the author [by T. Cibber].1807 |
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... turn'd the tuneful art From sounds to things , from fancy to the heart ? For Wit's false mirror held up Nature's light , Shew'd erring Pride -- whatever is , is right --------- That virtue only makes our bliss below , And all our ...
... turn'd the tuneful art From sounds to things , from fancy to the heart ? For Wit's false mirror held up Nature's light , Shew'd erring Pride -- whatever is , is right --------- That virtue only makes our bliss below , And all our ...
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... turn divine . " Bless me ! a packet . " " Tis a stranger sues , A virgin tragedy , an orphan muse . ' 50 55 If I dislike it , " Furies , death , and rage ! ” If I approve , " Commend it to the stage . " There ( thank my stars ) my whole ...
... turn divine . " Bless me ! a packet . " " Tis a stranger sues , A virgin tragedy , an orphan muse . ' 50 55 If I dislike it , " Furies , death , and rage ! ” If I approve , " Commend it to the stage . " There ( thank my stars ) my whole ...
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... turns a Persian tale for half a - crown , Just writes to make his barrenness appear , And strains from hard - bound brains eight lines a - year ; 180 He who still wanting , though he lives on theft , Steals much , spends little , yet ...
... turns a Persian tale for half a - crown , Just writes to make his barrenness appear , And strains from hard - bound brains eight lines a - year ; 180 He who still wanting , though he lives on theft , Steals much , spends little , yet ...
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... turning into ridicule . If it be asked , then , why he took any body at all to imitate , he has informed us in his Advertisement ; to which we may add , that this sort of Imitation , which is of the nature of Parody , throws reflected ...
... turning into ridicule . If it be asked , then , why he took any body at all to imitate , he has informed us in his Advertisement ; to which we may add , that this sort of Imitation , which is of the nature of Parody , throws reflected ...
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... Turns you from sound philosophy aside ; Not when from plate to plate your eyeballs roll , And the brain dances to the mantling bowl . 145 150 155 Hear Bethel's sermon , one not vers'd in schools , But strong in sense , and wise without ...
... Turns you from sound philosophy aside ; Not when from plate to plate your eyeballs roll , And the brain dances to the mantling bowl . 145 150 155 Hear Bethel's sermon , one not vers'd in schools , But strong in sense , and wise without ...
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Page 14 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes,...
Page 11 - Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Page 107 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Page 11 - Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying...
Page 118 - I weep my past offence, Now think of thee, and curse my innocence. Of all affliction taught a lover yet, 'Tis sure the hardest science to forget? How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense. And love th
Page 90 - 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. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day.
Page 6 - Sabbath-day to me: Then from the Mint walks forth the man of rhyme, Happy! to catch me just at Dinner-time.
Page 123 - As into air the purer spirits flow, 25 And sep'rate from their kindred dregs below; So flew the soul to its congenial place, Nor left one virtue to redeem her race.
Page 10 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! 170 The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there?
Page 116 - With other beauties charm my partial eyes, Full in my view set all the bright abode, And make my soul quit Abelard for God. Ah think at least thy flock deserves thy care, Plants of thy hand, and children of thy pray'r.