The Poetical Works of Alex. Pope: With a Sketch of the Author's LifeBaynes and Son, 1825 - 524 pages |
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... singing ; and that in their songs they took occasion to celebrate their own felicity . From hence a poem was invented , and after- ward improved to a perfect image of that happy time , which , by giving us an esteem for the virtues of a ...
... singing ; and that in their songs they took occasion to celebrate their own felicity . From hence a poem was invented , and after- ward improved to a perfect image of that happy time , which , by giving us an esteem for the virtues of a ...
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... sing ; Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay : You that , too ... sing , When warbling Philomel salutes the spring ? Why sit we sad , when Phosphor shines so clear , And lavish nature ...
... sing ; Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay : You that , too ... sing , When warbling Philomel salutes the spring ? Why sit we sad , when Phosphor shines so clear , And lavish nature ...
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... sing by turns , by turns the muses sing ; Now hawthorns blossom , now the daisies spring ; Now leaves the trees , and flowers adorn the ground ; Begin , the vales shall every note rebound . STREPHON . Inspire me , Phoebus , in my ...
... sing by turns , by turns the muses sing ; Now hawthorns blossom , now the daisies spring ; Now leaves the trees , and flowers adorn the ground ; Begin , the vales shall every note rebound . STREPHON . Inspire me , Phoebus , in my ...
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... sing . DAPHNIS . All Nature laughs , the groves are fresh and fair , The sun's mild lustre warms the vital air ; If Sylvia smile , new glories gild the shore , And vanquish'd Nature seems to charm no more . STREPHON . In spring the ...
... sing . DAPHNIS . All Nature laughs , the groves are fresh and fair , The sun's mild lustre warms the vital air ; If Sylvia smile , new glories gild the shore , And vanquish'd Nature seems to charm no more . STREPHON . In spring the ...
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... sing so well : Now rise , and haste to yonder woodbine bowers , A soft retreat from sudden vernal showers ! The turf with rural dainties shall be crown'd . While opening blooms diffuse their sweets around . For see ! the gathering ...
... sing so well : Now rise , and haste to yonder woodbine bowers , A soft retreat from sudden vernal showers ! The turf with rural dainties shall be crown'd . While opening blooms diffuse their sweets around . For see ! the gathering ...
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Page 268 - Dreading ev'n fools ; by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals ? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers...
Page 226 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw ; And deal damnation round the land On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, O teach my heart To find that better way.
Page 199 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 52 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night ; study and ease Together mix'd, sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please With meditation....
Page 62 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Page 197 - Vast chain of Being ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ; from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing. On superior...
Page 78 - 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 225 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than heaven pursue.
Page 85 - Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine, (The victor cried) the glorious prize is mine ! While fish in streams, or birds delight in air, Or in a coach and six the British fair, As long as Atalantis shall be read...
Page 59 - She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; For as in bodies, thus in souls, we find What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind : Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense.