The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2Little, Brown, 1853 |
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Page vii
... Gentle Shepherds .... Epigram , for the Collar of a Dog . The Translator .... The Looking - glass . On Mrs. Pulteney . An Epistle to Henry Cromwell , Esq ......... .. A Farewell to London in the year 1715 .. Prologue , designed for D ...
... Gentle Shepherds .... Epigram , for the Collar of a Dog . The Translator .... The Looking - glass . On Mrs. Pulteney . An Epistle to Henry Cromwell , Esq ......... .. A Farewell to London in the year 1715 .. Prologue , designed for D ...
Page 54
... gentle love , and charms all womankind ; Envy , to which th ' ignoble mind's a slave , Is emulation in the learn'd or brave ; Nor virtue male or female can we name , But what will grow on pride or grow on shame . Thus nature gives us ...
... gentle love , and charms all womankind ; Envy , to which th ' ignoble mind's a slave , Is emulation in the learn'd or brave ; Nor virtue male or female can we name , But what will grow on pride or grow on shame . Thus nature gives us ...
Page 145
... Gently steal upon the ear ; Now louder , and yet louder rise , And fill with spreading sounds the skies : Exulting in triumph now swell the bold notes , In broken air , trembling , the wild music floats : Till by degrees , remote and ...
... Gently steal upon the ear ; Now louder , and yet louder rise , And fill with spreading sounds the skies : Exulting in triumph now swell the bold notes , In broken air , trembling , the wild music floats : Till by degrees , remote and ...
Page 161
... gentle as their soul ; With Zeuxis ' Helen thy Bridgewater vie , And these be sung till Granville's Myra die : Alas ! how little from the grave we claim ! Thou but preserv'st a face , and I a name . EPISTLE TO MRS . MARTHA BLOUNT , WITH ...
... gentle as their soul ; With Zeuxis ' Helen thy Bridgewater vie , And these be sung till Granville's Myra die : Alas ! how little from the grave we claim ! Thou but preserv'st a face , and I a name . EPISTLE TO MRS . MARTHA BLOUNT , WITH ...
Page 162
... gentle breath supprest , As smiling infants sport themselves to rest . E'en rival wits did Voiture's death deplore , And the gay mourn'd who never mourn'd before : The truest hearts for Voiture heav'd with sighs ; Voiture was wept by ...
... gentle breath supprest , As smiling infants sport themselves to rest . E'en rival wits did Voiture's death deplore , And the gay mourn'd who never mourn'd before : The truest hearts for Voiture heav'd with sighs ; Voiture was wept by ...
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Ambrose Philips ANTISTROPHE Balaam beauty behold bless'd blessing bliss breast breath Cæsar Catiline charms Countess of Suffolk cried critics crown'd dame dear death e'en e'er ease envy EPISTLE ESSAY ON CRITICISM Eurydice Eustace Budgell eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flame fool gentle gold grace Gulliver's Travels happiness heart Heaven honour Houyhnhnm join'd king knave knight lady learn'd learning live lord lov'd lyre man's mankind mind mortal Muse nature nature's ne'er never numbers nymph o'er once Ovid pain parterre passion Phryne pleas'd pleasure poet Pope praise pride proud rage rais'd reason rise rules sage Sappho seem'd self-love SEMICHORUS sense shade shine sigh skies SMIL soft soul spouse squire taste thee things thou thought true Twas tyrant virtue whate'er whole wife wise youth