The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeBlackwood, 1860 - 576 pages |
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... give point to their sarcasm by expatiating upon and exaggerating the physical defects of rivals . Even Milton , in some of the noblest of his prose works , is compelled to turn aside from his mighty theme to reply to the gross per ...
... give point to their sarcasm by expatiating upon and exaggerating the physical defects of rivals . Even Milton , in some of the noblest of his prose works , is compelled to turn aside from his mighty theme to reply to the gross per ...
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... give the reader treats of the nature and state of man with respect to universal systems ; the rest will treat of him with respect to his own system as an individual , and as a member of society , under one or other of which heads all ...
... give the reader treats of the nature and state of man with respect to universal systems ; the rest will treat of him with respect to his own system as an individual , and as a member of society , under one or other of which heads all ...
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... give up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are indeed some ad- vantages accruing from a genius to poetry , and they are all I can think of : the agreeable power of self - amusement when a man is idle or alone ; the privilege ...
... give up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are indeed some ad- vantages accruing from a genius to poetry , and they are all I can think of : the agreeable power of self - amusement when a man is idle or alone ; the privilege ...
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... give me a chance to be one . For what I have published , I can only hope to be pardoned ; but for what I have burned , I deserve to be praised . On this account the world is under some obligation to me , and owes me the justice , in ...
... give me a chance to be one . For what I have published , I can only hope to be pardoned ; but for what I have burned , I deserve to be praised . On this account the world is under some obligation to me , and owes me the justice , in ...
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... give some account of this kind of poem , and it is my design to comprise , in this short paper , the substance of those numerous dissertations that critics have made on the subject , without omitting any of their rules in my own favour ...
... give some account of this kind of poem , and it is my design to comprise , in this short paper , the substance of those numerous dissertations that critics have made on the subject , without omitting any of their rules in my own favour ...
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Page 90 - 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.
Page 226 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 181 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way.
Page 432 - See Mystery to Mathematics fly! In vain, they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine Lo, thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Page 146 - Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 54 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.
Page 144 - Together let us beat this ample field, Try what the open, what the covert yield ! The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar ; Eye nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise: Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Page 152 - 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 57 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home ; Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court ; In various talk th...
Page 146 - In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel ; And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th