Miscellany poems. By mr. Pope (By several hands). |
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... Twas ufual then , the banquet to prolong , By mufick's charm , and fome delightful fong ; Where ev'ry youth in pleafing accents ftrove , To tell the ftratagems and cares of love . How fome fuccessful were , how others croft ; Then to ...
... Twas ufual then , the banquet to prolong , By mufick's charm , and fome delightful fong ; Where ev'ry youth in pleafing accents ftrove , To tell the ftratagems and cares of love . How fome fuccessful were , how others croft ; Then to ...
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... Twas done ; Nan told the matter In truth as ' twas ; then cry'd , You've got the better : For tell me , deareft , whether you would chuse To be a gainer by me , or to lose . As for our neighbour Clod , this I dare fay , We've beauty and ...
... Twas done ; Nan told the matter In truth as ' twas ; then cry'd , You've got the better : For tell me , deareft , whether you would chuse To be a gainer by me , or to lose . As for our neighbour Clod , this I dare fay , We've beauty and ...
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... Twas they should rob the orchard , he'd retire , His foot was fafe , whilft their's was in the fire . He kept them in the dark to that degree , None should prefume to be fo wise as he ; But being at the top of all affairs , The profit ...
... Twas they should rob the orchard , he'd retire , His foot was fafe , whilft their's was in the fire . He kept them in the dark to that degree , None should prefume to be fo wise as he ; But being at the top of all affairs , The profit ...
Page 53
... twas Champaigne I gave him ; Sir , indeed ! Take him and scourge him ' till the rascal bleed ; Don't spare him for his tears nor age : I'll try If cat and nine tails can excuse a lye . Thinks the clown , that ' twas wine I do believe ...
... twas Champaigne I gave him ; Sir , indeed ! Take him and scourge him ' till the rascal bleed ; Don't spare him for his tears nor age : I'll try If cat and nine tails can excuse a lye . Thinks the clown , that ' twas wine I do believe ...
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... Twas faften'd with a curious clasp of gold , A love - knot at the greater end there was ; His head close fhav'd , and fmooth as any glass , His ftrutting paunch was feldom disappointed ; His broad full face fhone as it were anointed ...
... Twas faften'd with a curious clasp of gold , A love - knot at the greater end there was ; His head close fhav'd , and fmooth as any glass , His ftrutting paunch was feldom disappointed ; His broad full face fhone as it were anointed ...
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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.