Miscellany poems. By mr. Pope (By several hands). |
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... known things ftill makes th ' appearance new . Fresh dainties are by Britain's traffick known , And now by conftant use familiar grown ; What Lord of old wou'd bid his cook prepare , Mangoes , potargo , champignons , cavare ? Or would ...
... known things ftill makes th ' appearance new . Fresh dainties are by Britain's traffick known , And now by conftant use familiar grown ; What Lord of old wou'd bid his cook prepare , Mangoes , potargo , champignons , cavare ? Or would ...
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... known , Wealth on commanders then flow'd in apace , Their champaign sparkled equal with their lace : Quails , beccofico's , ortelans were fent . To grace the levee of a gen'ral's tent ; In their gilt plate all delicates were seen , And ...
... known , Wealth on commanders then flow'd in apace , Their champaign sparkled equal with their lace : Quails , beccofico's , ortelans were fent . To grace the levee of a gen'ral's tent ; In their gilt plate all delicates were seen , And ...
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... Known foreign courts , and men and manners seen : In Christendom much fame he had acquir'd ; In Turkey he was dreaded and admir'd . When Alexandria was befieg'd and won , He pafs'd the trenches firft , and fcal'd the town . Granada's ...
... Known foreign courts , and men and manners seen : In Christendom much fame he had acquir'd ; In Turkey he was dreaded and admir'd . When Alexandria was befieg'd and won , He pafs'd the trenches firft , and fcal'd the town . Granada's ...
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... Known by the name of Lady Eglantine : She fung the office with a grace divine She spoke the French of Stratford school , by Bow : The French of Paris fhe did never know ; For French of Paris did to her appear Strange , as our Law ...
... Known by the name of Lady Eglantine : She fung the office with a grace divine She spoke the French of Stratford school , by Bow : The French of Paris fhe did never know ; For French of Paris did to her appear Strange , as our Law ...
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... known , and yet much more wou'd say . Upon an ambling pad at eafe fhe fat , Jingling the bitt , and flack'd her pace to chat ; A fteeple - hat she wore upon her head , Whofe ample brims were like a buckler fpread ; O'er her large hips a ...
... known , and yet much more wou'd say . Upon an ambling pad at eafe fhe fat , Jingling the bitt , and flack'd her pace to chat ; A fteeple - hat she wore upon her head , Whofe ample brims were like a buckler fpread ; O'er her large hips a ...
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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.