The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Epistle to D Arbuthnot, being the prologue to the satires. Satires, epistles, and odes of Horace imitated. Epitaphs. The Dunciad in four booksBell and Daldy, 1800 |
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Page 117
... truth's defence , Sole dread of folly , vice , and insolence ! To all but heaven - directed hands denied , The muse may give thee , but the gods must guide ; Reverent I touch thee ! but with honest zeal , To rouse the watchmen of the ...
... truth's defence , Sole dread of folly , vice , and insolence ! To all but heaven - directed hands denied , The muse may give thee , but the gods must guide ; Reverent I touch thee ! but with honest zeal , To rouse the watchmen of the ...
Page 118
... Truth guards the poet , sanctifies the line , And makes immortal , verse as mean as mine . Yes , the last pen for freedom let me draw , When truth stands trembling on the edge of law . Here , last of Britons ; let your names be read ...
... Truth guards the poet , sanctifies the line , And makes immortal , verse as mean as mine . Yes , the last pen for freedom let me draw , When truth stands trembling on the edge of law . Here , last of Britons ; let your names be read ...
Page 149
... truth of it . I should still have been silent , if either I had seen any inclination in my friend to be serious with such accusers , or if they had only meddled with his writings ; since whoever publishes , puts him- self on his trial ...
... truth of it . I should still have been silent , if either I had seen any inclination in my friend to be serious with such accusers , or if they had only meddled with his writings ; since whoever publishes , puts him- self on his trial ...
Contents
VOL | 1 |
SATIRES EPISTLES AND odes of horACE IMITATED | 19 |
The Second Satire of the Second Book of Horace | 26 |
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