The Works of Alexander Pope: PoetryJ. Murray, 1871 - Poets, English |
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... house was stately , his retinue gay , Large was his train , and gorgeous his array . His spacious garden made to ... fame say truc , The dapper clves their moon - light sports pursue : May , on her return from the visit which , at her ...
... house was stately , his retinue gay , Large was his train , and gorgeous his array . His spacious garden made to ... fame say truc , The dapper clves their moon - light sports pursue : May , on her return from the visit which , at her ...
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Alexander Pope. ADVERTISEMENT . THE hint of the following piece was taken from Chaucer's House of Fame . The design is in a manner entirely altered , the descriptions and most of the particular thoughts my own : yet I could not suffer it ...
Alexander Pope. ADVERTISEMENT . THE hint of the following piece was taken from Chaucer's House of Fame . The design is in a manner entirely altered , the descriptions and most of the particular thoughts my own : yet I could not suffer it ...
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... House of Fame , as being merely descriptive , is of an inferior rank to those in Chaucer of the narrative kind , and which paint life and manuers . The design is improved and heightened by the masterly hand of Pope . It ... TEMPLE OF FAME .
... House of Fame , as being merely descriptive , is of an inferior rank to those in Chaucer of the narrative kind , and which paint life and manuers . The design is improved and heightened by the masterly hand of Pope . It ... TEMPLE OF FAME .
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... House of Fame , it was to Petrarca , who in his Trionfo della Fama has introduced many of the most eminent characters of ancient times . It must however be observed , that the poem of Petrarca is extremely simple and ... TEMPLE OF FAME .
... House of Fame , it was to Petrarca , who in his Trionfo della Fama has introduced many of the most eminent characters of ancient times . It must however be observed , that the poem of Petrarca is extremely simple and ... TEMPLE OF FAME .
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... House of Fame cannot be ranked with Chaucer's best pro- ductions . The incidents are supposed to pass in a dream , which was his ordinary plan for avoiding the infringement of probability when he exchanged terrestrial realities for the ...
... House of Fame cannot be ranked with Chaucer's best pro- ductions . The incidents are supposed to pass in a dream , which was his ordinary plan for avoiding the infringement of probability when he exchanged terrestrial realities for the ...
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Page 309 - Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar : and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips ; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Page 347 - See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold?
Page 312 - Be smooth, ye rocks! ye rapid floods, give way! The Saviour comes! by ancient bards foretold: Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day: Tis he th' obstructed paths of sound shall clear And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear: The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe.
Page 366 - The time shall come, when free as seas or wind Unbounded Thames ° shall flow for all mankind ; Whole nations enter with each swelling tide, And seas but join the regions they divide ; Earth's distant ends our glory shall behold, And the new world launch forth to seek the old.
Page 366 - Earth's distant Ends our Glory shall behold. And the new World launch forth to seek the Old. Then Ships of uncouth Form shall stem the Tyde, And Feather'd People crowd my wealthy Side.
Page 272 - Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired ; Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die, that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee ; How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair.
Page 340 - Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But, as the world, harmoniously confused: Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
Page 247 - Sits on the horizon round, a settled gloom, — Not such as wintry storms on mortals shed, Oppressing life, but lovely, gentle, kind, And full of every hope and every joy, The wish of Nature. Gradual sinks the breeze Into a perfect calm, that not a breath Is heard to quiver through the closing woods, Or rustling turn the many-twinkling leaves Of aspen tall.
Page 121 - I am sensible as I ought to be of the scandal I have given by my loose writings; and make what reparation I am able, by this public acknowledgment.
Page 316 - See, a long race thy spacious courts adorn ; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies...