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... VISION S. Ꮴ ISION I. Vision II . Vision III . Vifion IV . Vision V. The life of Zoilus . 161 168 * 75 182 189 207 The remarks of Zoilus upon Homer's battle of the frogs and mice . 231 HES I OD : RISE of OR , THE WOMAN CONTENTS .
... VISION S. Ꮴ ISION I. Vision II . Vision III . Vifion IV . Vision V. The life of Zoilus . 161 168 * 75 182 189 207 The remarks of Zoilus upon Homer's battle of the frogs and mice . 231 HES I OD : RISE of OR , THE WOMAN CONTENTS .
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Thomas Parnell Alexander Pope. HES I OD : RISE of OR , THE WOMAN . HAT antient times ( thofe times we fancy WHAT wife ) Have left on long record of woman's rife , What morals teach it , and what fables hide , What Author wrote it , how ...
Thomas Parnell Alexander Pope. HES I OD : RISE of OR , THE WOMAN . HAT antient times ( thofe times we fancy WHAT wife ) Have left on long record of woman's rife , What morals teach it , and what fables hide , What Author wrote it , how ...
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... rise ; I fee the Mufes round the body cry , But hear a Cupid loudly laughing by ; He wheels his arrow with insulting hand , And thus infcribes the moral on the fand . " Here Hefiod lies : ye future Bards , beware " How far your moral ...
... rise ; I fee the Mufes round the body cry , But hear a Cupid loudly laughing by ; He wheels his arrow with insulting hand , And thus infcribes the moral on the fand . " Here Hefiod lies : ye future Bards , beware " How far your moral ...
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... rise ! This faid , he fighing gasp'd , and gasping dy d , His death the young Lychopinax espy'd , As on the flow'ry brink , he pass'd the day , Bafk'd in the beams , and loiter'd life away . E Loud Loud fhrieks the Moufe , his fhrieks ...
... rise ! This faid , he fighing gasp'd , and gasping dy d , His death the young Lychopinax espy'd , As on the flow'ry brink , he pass'd the day , Bafk'd in the beams , and loiter'd life away . E Loud Loud fhrieks the Moufe , his fhrieks ...
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... rise from ev'ry change . Here beauteous Health for all the year remain , When the next comes , I'll charm thee thus again . Oh come , thou Goddess of my rural fong , And bring thy daughter , calm Content , along , Dame of the ruddy ...
... rise from ev'ry change . Here beauteous Health for all the year remain , When the next comes , I'll charm thee thus again . Oh come , thou Goddess of my rural fong , And bring thy daughter , calm Content , along , Dame of the ruddy ...
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Ægypt againſt appear aſk beauty becauſe bluſhes caft Callimachus cauſe cloſe Comus Cras amet croud defign defire dreft eaſe eaſy envy ev'ry eyes fable facred fafe faid fame faſhion fays feat feem feem'd fhade fhall fhew fhould fide fight filent filver fince fing firſt flain fome fomething fometimes fong foul Frogs ftill fuch fung glaſs Gods guife heart himſelf HOMER houſe Iliad Ipfa itſelf Jove laft lefs Let thofe love loft Macedon Mice moſt Moufe Mouſe mufic Muſe muſt nature never lov'd numquam amavit Nymphs o'er obferved Ovid paffage paffion Pallas paſs pleaſe pleaſure poet Pow'r praiſe quique amavit raiſe reaſon reft rife roſe ſcene ſhades ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhow ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet thee thefe themſelves theſe thoſe thou thouſand thro tion tranflation Twas uſe whofe whoſe youth ZOILUS
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Page 98 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 142 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Page 98 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes. The...
Page 136 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Page 137 - 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 131 - Whither, O whither art thou fled, To lay thy meek contented head ? What happy region dost thou please To make the seat of calms and ease ? " Ambition searches all its sphere Of pomp and state to meet thee there.
Page 138 - 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 96 - And decks the goddess with the glitt'ring spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled, and the white.
Page 41 - Till all the rout retreat. By this the stars began to wink, They shriek, they fly, the tapers sink, And down y^drops the Knight : For never spell by faerie laid With strong enchantment bound a glade, Beyond the length of night. Chill, dark, alone, adreed, he lay, Till up the welkin rose the...
Page 38 - Through all the land before. But soon as Dan Apollo rose, Full jolly creature home he goes, He feels his back the less ; His honest tongue and steady mind Had rid him of the lump behind, Which made him want success.