Poems on Several OccasionsBernard Lintot, at the Cross-Kyes [!] between the Temple gates in Fleet-street, 1726 - 221 pages |
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... Mr. POPE . Dignum laude Virum Mufa vetat mori . HOR . LONDON : Printed for BERNARD LINTOT , at the Cross - Keys between the Temple Gates in Fleet - ftreet . MDCCXXVI . To the Right Honourable ROBERT , Earl of OXFORD and POEMS.
... Mr. POPE . Dignum laude Virum Mufa vetat mori . HOR . LONDON : Printed for BERNARD LINTOT , at the Cross - Keys between the Temple Gates in Fleet - ftreet . MDCCXXVI . To the Right Honourable ROBERT , Earl of OXFORD and POEMS.
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Thomas Parnell. To the Right Honourable ROBERT , Earl of OXFORD and Earl M o R TIME R. UCH were the Notes , thy once - lov'd Poet fung , SUCI ' Till Death untimely stop'd his tuneful Tongue . O just beheld , and lost ! admir'd , and ...
Thomas Parnell. To the Right Honourable ROBERT , Earl of OXFORD and Earl M o R TIME R. UCH were the Notes , thy once - lov'd Poet fung , SUCI ' Till Death untimely stop'd his tuneful Tongue . O just beheld , and lost ! admir'd , and ...
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... Honourable George Lord Lanfdown . By Mr. Pope . The Fourth Edition . To which is added Meffiah : A facred Eclogue ; in imitation of Virgil's Pollio : With Notes To Mr. Pope on his Windfor - Foreft , by the late Reverend Mr. Francis ...
... Honourable George Lord Lanfdown . By Mr. Pope . The Fourth Edition . To which is added Meffiah : A facred Eclogue ; in imitation of Virgil's Pollio : With Notes To Mr. Pope on his Windfor - Foreft , by the late Reverend Mr. Francis ...
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... Honourable the Earl of Lauderdale . Printed in Two Volumes Twelves , with a new Elziver Letter . Price 6s . The Works of the celebrated and antient English Poet Geoffrey Chau- cer ; carefully compared not only with former Editions of ...
... Honourable the Earl of Lauderdale . Printed in Two Volumes Twelves , with a new Elziver Letter . Price 6s . The Works of the celebrated and antient English Poet Geoffrey Chau- cer ; carefully compared not only with former Editions of ...
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Page 172 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Page 114 - Spoil. This Casket India's glowing Gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder Box.
Page 177 - Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below. * Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd his heart from God ; (Child of his age) for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ! But God, to save the father, took the son.
Page 114 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes. The busy Sylphs surround their darling Care...
Page 170 - But now the clouds in airy tumult fly ; The sun emerging opes an azure sky...
Page 136 - Muses, make them poor again. Now bring the weapon, yonder blade With which my tuneful pens are made. I...
Page 164 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Page 114 - 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 175 - Thy prayer, thy praise, thy life to vice unknown, In sweet memorial rise before the throne: These charms success in our bright region...
Page 174 - Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light.