The Works of the English Poets: PopeH. Hughs, 1779 - English poetry |
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... Morals the Court - Poet blush'd to fing ; ' Twas all his praise to say " the oddest thing . " Proud for a jeft obfcene , a Patron's nod , To martyr Virtue , or blafpheme his God . Ill - fated Dryden ! who unmov'd can fee 425 430 Th ...
... Morals the Court - Poet blush'd to fing ; ' Twas all his praise to say " the oddest thing . " Proud for a jeft obfcene , a Patron's nod , To martyr Virtue , or blafpheme his God . Ill - fated Dryden ! who unmov'd can fee 425 430 Th ...
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... moral transport o'er the heart . Fantastic Wit fhoots momentary fires , And , like a meteor , while we gaze , expires : Wit kindled by the fulphurous breath of Vice , Like the blue lightning , while it shines , destroys : But Genius ...
... moral transport o'er the heart . Fantastic Wit fhoots momentary fires , And , like a meteor , while we gaze , expires : Wit kindled by the fulphurous breath of Vice , Like the blue lightning , while it shines , destroys : But Genius ...
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... moral precept , or to examine the perfection or imperfec- tion of any creature whatsoever , it is necessary first to ... Morality . If I could flatter myself that this Effay has any merit , it is in fteering betwixt the extremes of ...
... moral precept , or to examine the perfection or imperfec- tion of any creature whatsoever , it is necessary first to ... Morality . If I could flatter myself that this Effay has any merit , it is in fteering betwixt the extremes of ...
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... moral world , which is not in the natural , ver . 131 , & c . VI . The unreasonableness of his complaints againft Providence , while on the one hand he demands the Perfection of the Angels , and on the other the bo- dily qualifications ...
... moral world , which is not in the natural , ver . 131 , & c . VI . The unreasonableness of his complaints againft Providence , while on the one hand he demands the Perfection of the Angels , and on the other the bo- dily qualifications ...
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... moral as for natural things : Why charge we Heaven in those , in these acquit ? In both , to reason right , is to submit . Better for us , perhaps , it might appear , Were there all harmony , all virtue here ; That never air or ocean ...
... moral as for natural things : Why charge we Heaven in those , in these acquit ? In both , to reason right , is to submit . Better for us , perhaps , it might appear , Were there all harmony , all virtue here ; That never air or ocean ...
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aetas againſt Aſk atque Balaam beſt Biſhop bleffing bleft bluſh breaſt Cæfar cauſe charms Court Dæmon eafe eaſe EPISTLE ev'n eyes fame fate fave fhall fhould fibi fince fing firſt foft Folly fome fool foul ftill ftrong fuch fure grace Happineſs heart Heaven himſelf honeft honour Houſe juft juſt King Knave laft laſt learn'd lefs leſs loft Lord lov'd ludicra mankind moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt Nature ne'er numbers nunc o'er Paffion paſs paſt pleas'd pleaſe Pleaſure Poet praiſe pride purſue quae quid quod Reaſon reft reſt rife riſe Sappho Satire ſay ſcarce ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſmile ſome ſpread ſtate ſtill Taſte thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand tibi truſt Truth Twas uſe VARIATION Verfe verſe Vice Virtue whofe whoſe wife worfe
Popular passages
Page 41 - With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and...
Page 29 - 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 39 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 77 - Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; The whole strange purpose of their lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind!
Page 50 - Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall, That vice or virtue there is none at all. If white and black blend, soften, and unite A thousand ways, is there no black or white?
Page 156 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Page 60 - Nor think, in Nature's state they blindly trod; The state of Nature was the reign of God: Self-love and social at her birth began, Union the bond of all things, and of man.
Page 64 - For nature knew no right divine in men ; No ill could fear in God, and understood A...
Page 69 - Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? • Where grows ? — where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Page 56 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn : Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings.