 Slander or poison dread from Delia's rage ; Hard words or hanging, if your judge be Page ; From furious Sappho scarce a milder fate, Px'd by her love, or libell'd by her hate.  The Works of Alexander Pope Esq - Page 47by Alexander Pope - 1751 - 341 pagesFull view - About this book
 | L. J. Bigelow - Humor - 1871 - 550 pages
...marks for successive satirists. In one of his Imitations of Horace, Pope says, " Slander or poison dread from Delia's rage, Hard words or hanging, if your judge be Page." In the same spirit the poet penned the lines of the " Dunciad"— " Morality, by her false guardians... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1889 - 574 pages
...Grande nialuin Turius, si quid se judice certes." Pope was ready with his parallel : " Slander or poison dread from Delia's rage, Hard words or hanging if your judge be ." Delia was Mary Howard, widow of Henry, first Earl of Deloraine, and now wife of William Windham,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 192 pages
...Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry song. 80 Slander or poison dread from Delia's rage, Hard words or hanging, if your judge be Page. From furious Sappho scarce a milder fate, * ***** Its proper pow'r to hurt, each creature feels ; Bulls aim their horns,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1872 - 168 pages
...Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry song. 80 Slander or poison dread from Delia's rage, Hard words or hanging, if your judge be Page. From furious Sappho scarce a milder fate, * ***** Its proper pow'r to hurt, each creature feels ; Bulls aim their horns,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 pages
...Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry song. 80 Slander or poison dread from Delia's rage, Hard words or hanging, if your judge be Page. From furious Sappho scarce a milder fate, Pox'd by her love, or libell'd by her hate. Its proper power to hurt, each creature... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1878 - 1068 pages
...Jndgo of " hanging " notor:jt7, whoa Popo ha.i 44 daamM to everlasting fame." " Poison, or Blander dread, from Delia's rage, Hard words, or hanging, if your Judge be Page.11 IMITATION or Повлек. " And dies, if Dullness give« her Paje the word." DtmCIAD. laid... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 176 pages
...Sacred to ridicule his whole life long, And the sad burthen of some merry song. 80 Slander or poison dread from Delia's rage, Hard words or hanging, if your judge be Page. From furious Sappho scarce a milder fate, * ***** Its proper pow'r to hurt, each creature feels; Bulls aim their horns,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1881 - 572 pages
...whole life long, And the sad burden of some merry song. Slander or poison dread from Delia's rage,3 Hard words or hanging, if your judge be Page." From furious Sappho scarce a milder fate,8 . P — xed by her love, or libelled by her hate. Its proper power to hurt each... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - 590 pages
...Grande malum Turius, si quid se judice certes." Pope was ready with his parallel : " Slander or poison dread from Delia's rage, Hard words or hanging if your judge be ." Delia was Mary Howard, widow of Henry, first Earl of Deloraine, and now wife of William Windham,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 pages
...rhyme, Sacred to ridicule his whole life-long, And the sad burthen of some merry song. Slander or poison dread from Delia's rage, Hard words or hanging, if your judge be Page. From furious Sappho scarce a milder fate, Pox'd by her love, or libell'd by her hate. Its propsr power to hurt, each creature... | |
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