The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Juvenile poemsJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... Muses are amicæ omnium horarum ; and , like our gay acquaintarice , the best company in the world as long as one expects no real service from them . I confefs there was a time when I was in love with myself , and my first productions ...
... Muses are amicæ omnium horarum ; and , like our gay acquaintarice , the best company in the world as long as one expects no real service from them . I confefs there was a time when I was in love with myself , and my first productions ...
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... Muse's sport , And from the Critics safe arriv'd in Port ; I little thought of launching forth agen , Amidst advent'rous Rovers of he Pen ; And after so much undeserv'd success , Thus hazarding at last to make itl ts . 5 Encomiums fuit ...
... Muse's sport , And from the Critics safe arriv'd in Port ; I little thought of launching forth agen , Amidst advent'rous Rovers of he Pen ; And after so much undeserv'd success , Thus hazarding at last to make itl ts . 5 Encomiums fuit ...
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... Muse sincere , that never Flatt'ry knew , Pays what to friendship and defert is due . Young , yet judicious ; in your verse are found 5 Art strength'ning Nature , Sense improv'd by Sound . Unlike those Wits , whose numbers glide along ...
... Muse sincere , that never Flatt'ry knew , Pays what to friendship and defert is due . Young , yet judicious ; in your verse are found 5 Art strength'ning Nature , Sense improv'd by Sound . Unlike those Wits , whose numbers glide along ...
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... Muse , Should wear those flow'rs her native fields produce ; And the true measure of the shepherd's wit Should , like his garb , be for the Country fit : Yet must his pure and unaffected thought More nicely than the common swain's be ...
... Muse , Should wear those flow'rs her native fields produce ; And the true measure of the shepherd's wit Should , like his garb , be for the Country fit : Yet must his pure and unaffected thought More nicely than the common swain's be ...
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... Muse unknown before Salutes thee from the bleak Atlantic shore . HA 5 To our dark world thy shining page is shown , And Windfor's gay retreat becomes our own : The Eastern pomp had just bespoke our care , And India pour'd her gaudy ...
... Muse unknown before Salutes thee from the bleak Atlantic shore . HA 5 To our dark world thy shining page is shown , And Windfor's gay retreat becomes our own : The Eastern pomp had just bespoke our care , And India pour'd her gaudy ...
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Page 148 - He springs to vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky...
Page 81 - 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 165 - The Lock, obtain'd with Guilt, and kept with Pain, In ev'ry place is sought, but sought in vain: With such a Prize no Mortal must be blest, So Heav'n decrees!
Page 138 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 156 - There she collects the force of female lungs, Sighs, sobs, and passions, and the war of tongues. A vial next she fills with fainting fears, Soft sorrows, melting griefs, and flowing' tears. The gnome rejoicing bears her gifts away, Spreads his black wings, and slowly mounts to day. Sunk in Thalestris' arms the nymph he found, Her eyes dejected and her hair unbound.
Page 169 - Cold is that breast which warm'd the world before, And those love-darting eyes must roll no more. Thus, if Eternal Justice rules the ball, Thus...
Page 104 - Some to Conceit alone their taste confine, And glitt'ring thoughts struck out at ev'ry line; 290 Pleas'd with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring Chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets like painters, thus, unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, 295 And hide with ornaments their want of art.
Page 109 - Jove Now burns with glory, and then melts with love; Now his fierce eyes with sparkling fury glow, Now sighs steal out, and tears begin to flow: Persians and Greeks like turns of nature found.
Page 170 - How lov'd , how honour'd once , avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
Page 107 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...