The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements, Volume 5T. & G. Palmer, 1804 - 754 pages |
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... muse invite , Or whiten❜d wall provoke the skew'r to write ; In durance , exile , Bedlam , or the Mint , Like Lee or Budgell I will rhyme and print . 95 100 F. Alas , young man , your days can ne'er be long : In flow'r of age you ...
... muse invite , Or whiten❜d wall provoke the skew'r to write ; In durance , exile , Bedlam , or the Mint , Like Lee or Budgell I will rhyme and print . 95 100 F. Alas , young man , your days can ne'er be long : In flow'r of age you ...
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... Muse ! Not but we may exceed some holy time , Or tir'd in search of truth or search of rhyme : Ill health some just indulgence may engage , And more the sickness of long life old age : For fainting age what cordial drop remains , If our ...
... Muse ! Not but we may exceed some holy time , Or tir'd in search of truth or search of rhyme : Ill health some just indulgence may engage , And more the sickness of long life old age : For fainting age what cordial drop remains , If our ...
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... Muse take " And never gallop Pegasus to death . " Lest stiff and stately , void of fire or force , [ breath , 15 " You limp , like Blackmore , on a Lord Mayor's horse ' Farewell then verse , and love , and ev'ry toy , The rhymes and ...
... Muse take " And never gallop Pegasus to death . " Lest stiff and stately , void of fire or force , [ breath , 15 " You limp , like Blackmore , on a Lord Mayor's horse ' Farewell then verse , and love , and ev'ry toy , The rhymes and ...
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... Muse , from such a monarch , steal An hour , and not defraud the public weal ? Edward and Henry , now the boast of fame , And virtuous Alfred , a more sacred name , After a life of gen'rous toils endur'd , The Gaul subdu'd , or property ...
... Muse , from such a monarch , steal An hour , and not defraud the public weal ? Edward and Henry , now the boast of fame , And virtuous Alfred , a more sacred name , After a life of gen'rous toils endur'd , The Gaul subdu'd , or property ...
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... Muses met him at The Devil . Tho ' justly Greece her eldest sons admires , Why should not we be wiser than our sires ? Te nostris ducibus , te Graiis anteferendo . In ev'ry public virtue we excel : We build , 76 IMITATIONS OF HORACE .
... Muses met him at The Devil . Tho ' justly Greece her eldest sons admires , Why should not we be wiser than our sires ? Te nostris ducibus , te Graiis anteferendo . In ev'ry public virtue we excel : We build , 76 IMITATIONS OF HORACE .
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Page 12 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 13 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 18 - A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Page 15 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too ! (To live and die is all I have to do :; Maintain a poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please ; Above a patron, tho' I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend.
Page 6 - And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. Friend to my life! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove?
Page 17 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Page 32 - There my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place: There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Page 8 - Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door, Sir, let me see your works and you no more. *Tis sung, when Midas...
Page 5 - A maudlin Poetess, a rhyming Peer, A Clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a Stanza, when he should engross!
Page 11 - Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure description held the place of sense ? Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme, A painted mistress, or a purling stream.