Miscellany poems. By mr. Pope (By several hands). |
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... Say , Slouch could hardly call his foul his own : For if he went abroad too much , she'd use To give him flippers , and lock up his fhoes . Talking he lov'd , and ne'er was more afflicted Than when he was disturb'd or contradicted : ૬ ...
... Say , Slouch could hardly call his foul his own : For if he went abroad too much , she'd use To give him flippers , and lock up his fhoes . Talking he lov'd , and ne'er was more afflicted Than when he was disturb'd or contradicted : ૬ ...
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... Says Slouch , This e'en I'm fure ' tis hard enough to make a bowl : This is skim - milk , and therefore it shall go , And this , because ' tis Suffolk , follow too . But now Sue's patience did begin to waste , Nor longer could ...
... Says Slouch , This e'en I'm fure ' tis hard enough to make a bowl : This is skim - milk , and therefore it shall go , And this , because ' tis Suffolk , follow too . But now Sue's patience did begin to waste , Nor longer could ...
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... Says fhe , Give me your skillet then , and try . My skillet ! Both my heart and skillet take ; I wish it were a copper for your fake . After all this , not many days did país , Clad fitting at Jolt's houfe furvey'd the brafs , } And And ...
... Says fhe , Give me your skillet then , and try . My skillet ! Both my heart and skillet take ; I wish it were a copper for your fake . After all this , not many days did país , Clad fitting at Jolt's houfe furvey'd the brafs , } And And ...
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... says Paul , are true , I came from Windfor , and if some folks knew As much as I , it might be well for you . Lord , Paul ! what is't ? Why give me fomething for't , This kifs , and this . The matter's then in short , The parliament ...
... says Paul , are true , I came from Windfor , and if some folks knew As much as I , it might be well for you . Lord , Paul ! what is't ? Why give me fomething for't , This kifs , and this . The matter's then in short , The parliament ...
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... say , With water fometimes ink , and sometimes whey , According as you meet with mud or clay . Befides , my wife these fix months could not brew , And now the blame of this ... Says Banks , I'm forry it fhould be my lot 44 MISCELLANIES .
... say , With water fometimes ink , and sometimes whey , According as you meet with mud or clay . Befides , my wife these fix months could not brew , And now the blame of this ... Says Banks , I'm forry it fhould be my lot 44 MISCELLANIES .
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Page 197 - To find if books, or swains, report it right (For yet by swains alone the world he knew...
Page 204 - The Maker justly claims that world he made, In this the right of Providence is laid; Its sacred majesty through all depends On using second means to work his ends...
Page 198 - And hail, my son," the reverend sire replied ; Words follow'd words, from question answer flow'd, And talk of various kind deceiv'd the road ; Till each with other pleas'd, and loth to part, While in their age they differ, join in heart : Thus stands an aged elm in ivy bound, Thus youthful ivy clasps an elm around.
Page 205 - With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver...
Page 203 - His robe turn'd white, and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points...
Page 200 - Unkind and griping, caus'da desert there. As near the miser's heavy doors they drew, Fierce rising gusts with sudden fury blew ; The nimble lightning mix'd with showers began, And o'er their heads loud rolling thunder ran.
Page 196 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Page 219 - SONG. WHEN thy beauty appears, In its graces and airs, All bright as an angel new dropt from the sky ; At distance I gaze, and am aw'd by my fears, So strangely you dazzle my eye ! But when without art, Your kind thoughts you impart, When your love runs in blushes through every vein; When it darts from your eyes, when it pants in your heart, Then I know you're a woman again. There's a passion and pride In our sex...
Page 198 - The table groans with costly piles of food, And all Is more than hospitably good. Then, led to rest, the day's long toil they drown, Deep sunk in sleep, and silk, and heaps of down. At length 'tis morn, and at the dawn of day Along the wide canals the zephyrs play ; Fresh o'er the gay parterres the breezes creep.
Page 210 - For which, an eloquence, that aims to vex, With native tropes of anger, arms the sex.