The whole poetical works of Alexander Pope, Esq., including his translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey |
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a 210 Omay some fpark of your celestial fire , 195 Whoever thinks a faultless piece to fee , The lat ... they intend ; Glows while he reads , but trembles as he writes ) And if the means be juft , the conduct true , To teach vain wits a ...
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Alike in ignorance , his reason fuch , Know thy own point ; This kind , ihis due degree Whether he thinks too little , or too much : Of blindness , weakness , Heaven bestows on thee . Chaos of Thought and Paffion , all confusdi Submic .
Alike in ignorance , his reason fuch , Know thy own point ; This kind , ihis due degree Whether he thinks too little , or too much : Of blindness , weakness , Heaven bestows on thee . Chaos of Thought and Paffion , all confusdi Submic .
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| Title | The whole poetical works of Alexander Pope, Esq., including his translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey Volume 6 of The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | A. Miller, 1800 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Nov 23, 2006 |
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