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... praise ) Ev'n now obfervant of the parting ray , Eyes the calm fun - set of thy various day ; Through Fortune's cloud one truly great can fee , Nor fears to tell , that Mortimer is he . Sept. 25 , 1721 . A. POPE . HESIOD : [ s ] HE SI ...
... praise ) Ev'n now obfervant of the parting ray , Eyes the calm fun - set of thy various day ; Through Fortune's cloud one truly great can fee , Nor fears to tell , that Mortimer is he . Sept. 25 , 1721 . A. POPE . HESIOD : [ s ] HE SI ...
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... oily flattery lays The pleafing colours of the art of praise ; And wit , to scandal exquifitely prone , Which frets another's fpleen to cure its own . B 4 Thofe Thofe facred Virgins whom the Bards revere , Tun'd all THE RISE OF WOMAN . 7.
... oily flattery lays The pleafing colours of the art of praise ; And wit , to scandal exquifitely prone , Which frets another's fpleen to cure its own . B 4 Thofe Thofe facred Virgins whom the Bards revere , Tun'd all THE RISE OF WOMAN . 7.
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... praise : Yet ftill fedate yourself , and gravely plain , You neither fret , nor envy at the vain . ' Twas thus , if man with woman we compare , The wife Athenian croft a glittering fair , Unmov'd by tongue and fights , he walk'd the ...
... praise : Yet ftill fedate yourself , and gravely plain , You neither fret , nor envy at the vain . ' Twas thus , if man with woman we compare , The wife Athenian croft a glittering fair , Unmov'd by tongue and fights , he walk'd the ...
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... . The goblet in my hand I take , ( For the libation ' s yet to make ) A health to poets ! all their days May they have bread , as well as praise ; Fa Senfe Senfe may they seek , and less engage In papers THE BOOK - W OR M. 67.
... . The goblet in my hand I take , ( For the libation ' s yet to make ) A health to poets ! all their days May they have bread , as well as praise ; Fa Senfe Senfe may they seek , and less engage In papers THE BOOK - W OR M. 67.
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... praise the great ; Who , while on earth in fame they live , Are fenfelefs of the fame they give . Ha ! while I gaze , pale Cynthia fades , The bursting earth unveils the shades ! All flow , and wan , and wrap'd with shrouds , They rife ...
... praise the great ; Who , while on earth in fame they live , Are fenfelefs of the fame they give . Ha ! while I gaze , pale Cynthia fades , The bursting earth unveils the shades ! All flow , and wan , and wrap'd with shrouds , They rife ...
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Page 18 - Ye nightingales, ye twisting pines ! Ye swains that haunt the grove ! Ye gentle echoes, breezy winds ! Ye close retreats of love ! With all of nature, all of art, Assist the. dear design...
Page 90 - To what excefles had his dotage run ? But God, to fave the father, took the fon. To all but thee, in fits he feem'd to go, (And 'twas my miniftry to deal the blow) The poor fond parent, humbled in the duft, Now owns in tears the punifhment was juft.
Page 85 - And shake the neighbouring wood to banish sleep. Up rise the guests, obedient to the call: An early banquet deck'd the splendid hall; Rich luscious wine a golden goblet grac'd, Which the kind master forc'd the guests to taste. Then, pleas'd and thankful, from the porch...
Page 57 - And fits in meaiures, fuch as Virgil's Mufe To place thee near him might be fond to chufe. How might he tune th...
Page 78 - Those graves, with bending osier bound, That nameless heave the crumbled ground, Quick to the glancing thought disclose Where toil and poverty repose. The flat smooth stones that bear a name...
Page 89 - ... Detested wretch !" — but scarce his speech began, When the strange partner seem'd no longer man His youthful face grew more serenely sweet ; His robe turn'd white, and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours...
Page 6 - A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all anger, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death.
Page 338 - There folid billows of enormous fize, Alps of green ice, in wild diforder rife. And yet but lately have I feen, ev'n here, The winter in a lovely drefs appear.
Page 94 - But urge thy powers, thine utmost voice advance, Make the loud strings against thy fingers dance ; 'Tis love that angels praise and men adore, 'Tis love divine that asks it all and more. Fling back the gates of ever-blazing day, Pour floods of liquid light to gild the way ; And all in glory wrapt...
Page 78 - Arms, angels, epitaphs and bones, These (all the poor remains of state) Adorn the rich, or praise the great ; Who while on earth in fame they live, Are senseless of the fame they give.