The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Life, Volume 3Little, Brown, 1854 - 363 pages |
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... Thou unconcern'd canst hear the mighty crack : Pit , box , and gallery in convulsions hurl'd Thou stand'st unshook amidst a bursting world . Who shames a scribbler ? break one cobweb thro ' , He spins the slight self - pleasing thread ...
... Thou unconcern'd canst hear the mighty crack : Pit , box , and gallery in convulsions hurl'd Thou stand'st unshook amidst a bursting world . Who shames a scribbler ? break one cobweb thro ' , He spins the slight self - pleasing thread ...
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... thou , great George ! a birthday song . I ne'er with wits or witlings pass'd my days To spread about the itch of verse and praise ; Nor like a puppy daggled through the town To fetch and carry sing - song up and down ; Nor at rehearsals ...
... thou , great George ! a birthday song . I ne'er with wits or witlings pass'd my days To spread about the itch of verse and praise ; Nor like a puppy daggled through the town To fetch and carry sing - song up and down ; Nor at rehearsals ...
Page 30
... Thou hast at least bestow'd one penny well . 66 ' Right , ( cries his lordship ) for a rogue in need To have a taste is insolence indeed : In me ' tis noble , suits my birth and state , My wealth unwieldy , and my heap too great ...
... Thou hast at least bestow'd one penny well . 66 ' Right , ( cries his lordship ) for a rogue in need To have a taste is insolence indeed : In me ' tis noble , suits my birth and state , My wealth unwieldy , and my heap too great ...
Page 43
... thou do nothing for a nobler end , Nothing to make philosophy thy friend ? To stop thy foolish views , thy long desires , And ease thy heart of all that it admires ? Here Wisdom calls , ' Seek virtue first , be bold ! As gold to silver ...
... thou do nothing for a nobler end , Nothing to make philosophy thy friend ? To stop thy foolish views , thy long desires , And ease thy heart of all that it admires ? Here Wisdom calls , ' Seek virtue first , be bold ! As gold to silver ...
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... thou art with all the power of words , So known , so honour'd , at the house of lords : Conspicuous scene ! another yet is nigh , ( More silent far , ) where kings and poets lie ; Where Murray ( long enough his country's pride ) Shall ...
... thou art with all the power of words , So known , so honour'd , at the house of lords : Conspicuous scene ! another yet is nigh , ( More silent far , ) where kings and poets lie ; Where Murray ( long enough his country's pride ) Shall ...
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