The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeBernh. Tauchnitz Jun, 1848 - 305 pages |
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... Theocritus and Virgil ( the only undisputed authors of pastoral ) that the critics have drawn the foregoing notions concerning it . Theocritus excels all others in nature and simplicity . The subjects of his Idyllia are purely pastoral ...
... Theocritus and Virgil ( the only undisputed authors of pastoral ) that the critics have drawn the foregoing notions concerning it . Theocritus excels all others in nature and simplicity . The subjects of his Idyllia are purely pastoral ...
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... Theocritus himself ; though , notwithstanding all the care he has taken , he is certainly inferior in his dialect : for the Doric had its beauty and propriety in the time of Theocritus ; it was used in part of Greece , and frequent in ...
... Theocritus himself ; though , notwithstanding all the care he has taken , he is certainly inferior in his dialect : for the Doric had its beauty and propriety in the time of Theocritus ; it was used in part of Greece , and frequent in ...
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... Theocritus and Virgil will allow to be fit for pastoral : that they have as much variety of description , in respect of the several seasons , as Spenser's : that , in order to add to this variety , the several times of the day are ...
... Theocritus and Virgil will allow to be fit for pastoral : that they have as much variety of description , in respect of the several seasons , as Spenser's : that , in order to add to this variety , the several times of the day are ...
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ALEXANDER POPE ancient beauty behold bless bless'd bliss blush breast breath bright Cæsar charms courser cried crown'd Cynthus DAPHNIS dear death e'en e'er earth ease eclogue ELOISA TO ABELARD EPISTLE eternal Eurydice eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flame flowers fool gentle glory Gnome gold grace groves happy heart Heaven honour kings knave learn'd learning live lord Lord Bolingbroke lyre maid mankind mind mortal mourn muse nature ne'er night numbers nymph o'er once pain pass'd passion pastoral plain pleased pleasure poets Pope praise pride proud rage reason rise rules sacred Sappho Semichorus sense shade shine sighs sing skies smiling soft soul swell Sylphs tears Thalestris thee Theocritus thine thou thought trees trembling Umbriel Virgil virgin virtue Westminster Abbey wife William Trumbull winds wise youth