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" So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As had drawn both the beasts and their Orpheus along : But such is thy avarice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts must have starved, and the poet have died. THE BALANCE OF EUROPE. Now Europe balanced,... "
The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by Himself ... - Page 462
by Alexander Pope - 1824
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by R. Carruthers, Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...harangued An honest man, because not hang'd." EPIGRAMS. OX MRS. TOFTS, A CELEBRATED OPERA-SINGER.* CO bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, ^ As had...pride, That the beasts must have starved, and the poets have died. ON TIIE FEUDS ABOUT HANDEL AND BONONCINI. s TRANGE all this difference should be 'Twixt...
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The American Speaker: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and Exercises ...

John Frost - Elocution - 1855 - 462 pages
...These lines on the subject were never more applicable than they have now become — " Now Europe's balanced — neither side prevails — For nothing's left in either of the scales." • If we pursue the same policy, we must travel the same road, and endure the same burdens, under...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir, Critical ..., Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1856 - 362 pages
...difference should be 'Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee ! ON MRS TOFTS, A CELEBRATED OPERA SINGER. So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As...EUROPE. Now Europe balanced, neither side prevails ; For nothing 's left in either of the scales. EPITAPH ON LORD CONINGSBY. HERE lies Lord Coningsby — be...
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The Humorous Poetry of the English Language: From Chaucer to Saxe ... with ...

James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 700 pages
...thou 'rt a dev'lish cheat. EPIGRAMS OF ALEXANDER POPE. ON MRS. TOFTS. (A CELEBRATED OPERA SINGER.) So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song. As...beasts must have starved, and the poet have died. TO A BLOCKHEAD. You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come: Knock as you please, there 's nobody at...
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The Humorous Poetry of the English Language: From Chaucer to Saxe

James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 720 pages
...ROGUE. [IMITATED FROM MARTIAL.] EPIGRAMS OF ALEXANDER POPE. ON MRS. TOFTS. (A CELEBRATED OPERA SI.VOER.) So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As...avarice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts must have starred, and the poet have died. TO A BLOCKHEAD. You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come : Knock...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Life, Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 pages
...difference should be 'Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee ! ON MRS. TOFTS, A CELEBRATED OPERA SINGER. So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As...avarice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts must have starv'd, and the poet have died. THE BALANCE OF EUROPE. Now Europe balanc'd, neither side prevails...
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Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author

Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 pages
...Bo bright is thy hnauty, so charming thy son', As had drawn both the beasts and theirOrpnoiis alonf But such is thy avarice and such is thy pride, That...beasts must have starved, and the poet have died. EPIGRAM, On one who made lung FRIF.M), for your epitaphs I'm grieved; Where still so much is said....
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The St. James's Magazine, Volume 2

English literature - 1861 - 532 pages
...seems to have combined with it many other unpopular traits, which led to the following epigram : — " So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As...the beasts and their Orpheus along : But such is thy av'rice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts must have starv'd, and the poet have dy'd." Large salaries...
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The St. James's Magazine, Volume 2

English literature - 1861 - 522 pages
...traits, which led to the following epigram : — " So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As hod drawn both the beasts and their Orpheus along : But such is thy av'rice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts must have starv'd, and the poet have dy'd." Large salaries...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, with a life, by A. Dyce, Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1863 - 332 pages
...difference should be 'Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee ! ON MRS. TOFTS, A CELEBRATED OPERA SINGER. So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song. As...avarice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts must have starv'd, and the poet have died. THE BALANCE OF EUROPE. Now, Europe balanc'd, neither side prevails...
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