The Rape of the Lock,: An Heroi-comical Poem, |
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... hair : the poem was un- dertaken at the request of Mr. Caryl , in order to reconcile the two families , this frolic having occasioned a serious rupture between them . It was received with such universal ap- plause as to induce Pope to ...
... hair : the poem was un- dertaken at the request of Mr. Caryl , in order to reconcile the two families , this frolic having occasioned a serious rupture between them . It was received with such universal ap- plause as to induce Pope to ...
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... hair : the poem was un- dertaken at the request of Mr. Caryl , in order to reconcile the two families , this frolic having occasioned a serious rupture between them . It was received with such universal ap- plause as to induce Pope to ...
... hair : the poem was un- dertaken at the request of Mr. Caryl , in order to reconcile the two families , this frolic having occasioned a serious rupture between them . It was received with such universal ap- plause as to induce Pope to ...
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... hair while she was intent upon her cards , it might have been inferred that those who are too fond of play will be in danger of neglecting more im- portant interests . Those perhaps are faults ; but what are such faults to such ...
... hair while she was intent upon her cards , it might have been inferred that those who are too fond of play will be in danger of neglecting more im- portant interests . Those perhaps are faults ; but what are such faults to such ...
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... hair , Made by the Muse the envy of the fair ! Less shone the tresses Egypt's princess wore , Which sweet Callimachus so sung before . Here courtly trifles set the world at odds ; Belles war with beaux , and whims descend for gods , The ...
... hair , Made by the Muse the envy of the fair ! Less shone the tresses Egypt's princess wore , Which sweet Callimachus so sung before . Here courtly trifles set the world at odds ; Belles war with beaux , and whims descend for gods , The ...
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... hair , which I always mention with reverence ) . The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones ; and the character of Belinda , as it is now managed , resembles you in nothing but in beauty . If this poem had as many graces as ...
... hair , which I always mention with reverence ) . The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones ; and the character of Belinda , as it is now managed , resembles you in nothing but in beauty . If this poem had as many graces as ...
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aërial Afculp airy ancient Ariel arms beau beauty beaux behold Belinda billet-doux bodkin bosom breast breath bright CANTO III Caryl caus'd charms Clarissa conceal'd crown'd cry'd dĉmons dispers'd E'en e'er earth edition Elves ev'ry eyes fair head fate feulp FI-Du Roveray fierce FIVE CANTOS flow'rs forfex wide frolic glitt'ring Graces stand hair half hand heart Heav'n heav'nly HEROI-COMICAL POEM Homer honour humour Iliad ladies lap-dogs laughs Lesbia lines added lock London Lord Petre machinery maid Matadore mortal nymph o'er their head ombre OVID Parnell poet Pope pow'r pray'rs pride prize Pyxide quĉ Queen rage RAPE repair rising sacred shining sighs silver sing Sir Plume skies snuff-box soft soul spirits Spleen spread sprites stand in sight Sylphs and Gnomes tears Thalestris thee thou Thrice toilet tow'rs trembling tresses trumps Twas Umbriel Unnumber'd verse vial VIRG Virgil wings wits wretched written in less
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Page 8 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face and you'll forget 'em all.
Page xxvii - Of airy Elves by moonlight shadows seen, The silver token, and the circled green...
Page 26 - Thrice she look'd back, and thrice the foe drew near. Just in that instant, anxious Ariel sought The close recesses of the virgin's thought; As on the nosegay in her breast reclin'd, He watch'd th...
Page 24 - Trembling, and conscious of the rich brocade. Coffee (which makes the politician wise, And see through all things with his half-shut eyes) Sent up in vapours to the Baron's brain New stratagems, the radiant lock to gain.
Page 48 - Why bows the side-box from its inmost rows ? How vain are all these glories, all our pains, Unless good sense preserve what beauty gains ; That men may say, when we the front- box grace, Behold the first in virtue as in face...
Page 49 - Who would not scorn what housewife's cares produce, Or who would learn one earthly thing of use? To patch, nay ogle, might become a saint, Nor could it sure be such a sin to paint. But since, alas! frail beauty must decay...
Page 10 - The lucid squadrons round the sails repair ; Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath.
Page 34 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Page xxxi - Of these am I, who thy protection claim, A watchful sprite, and Ariel is my name. Late, as I ranged the crystal wilds of air, In the clear Mirror of thy ruling Star I saw, alas! some dread...
Page 24 - In heaps on heaps; one fate o'erwhelms them all. The Knave of diamonds tries his wily arts, And wins (oh shameful chance!) the Queen of hearts. At this, the blood the virgin's cheek...